World Book Club Episodes Episode guide
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World Book Club: The Great Gatsby
American Classic: Jay McInerney talks to Harriett Gilbert about F Scott Fitzgerald's novel
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John Grisham - A Time To Kill
Harriett Gilbert talks to author John Grisham about his book A Time To Kill.
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Romesh Gunesekera - Reef
Harriett Gilbert talks to Romesh Gunesekera about his book Reef.
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David Mitchell - Cloud Atlas
David Mitchell talks to Harriett Gilbert about his book Cloud Atlas.
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Jane Austen - Pride and Prejudice
Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen is 200 years old, but the story still resonates. Why?
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CK Stead - My Name Was Judas
CK Stead talks to Harriett Gilbert about his book My Name Was Judas.
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Paul Auster - New York Trilogy
Harriett Gilbert talks to author Paul Auster about his New York Trilogy.
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Javier Marias - A Heart So White
Javier Marias taks to Harriett Gilbert about his novel A Heart So White.
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Jodi Picoult - My Sister's Keeper
Jodi Picoult talks to Harriett Gilbert in front of an audience about My Sister's Keeper.
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Jo Nesbo - The Redbreast
Jo Nesbo talks to Harriett Gilbert about his haunting thriller The Redbreast.
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Henning Mankell - Faceless Killers
Henning Mankell talks to Harriett Gilbert about his first Wallander book, Faceless Killers
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Jeanette Winterson - Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit
Jeanette Winterson discusses her novel Oranges Are Not The Only Fruit with Harriet Gilbert
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Amitav Ghosh - The Shadow Lines
Amitav Ghosh talks about his novel The Shadow Lines with Harriet Gilbert.
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Howard Jacobson - The Finkler Question
Howard Jacobson discusses his Man Booker Prize winner The Finkler Question.
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Andrea Levy - Small Island
Andrea Levy discusses her prize-winning book Small Island.
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Peter Ackroyd - Hawksmoor
Harriett Gilbert talks to Peter Ackroyd about his novel Hawksmoor.
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Toni Morrison - Beloved
Harriett Gilbert talks to author Toni Morrison about her book Beloved.
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Jonathan S Foer - Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
Harriett Gilbert talks to Jonathan S Foer, author of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.
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Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
Harriett Gilbert talks to Claire Tomalin about Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations.
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Witi Ihimaera - The Whale Rider
Witi Ihimaera, a prominent Maori writer on his book The Whale Rider.
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Penelope Lively - Moon Tiger
Penelope Lively talks to Harriett Gilbert about her book Moon Tiger.
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David Grossman - To the End of the Land
The Israeli author talks about his book, To the End of the Land
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Lionel Shriver - We Need To Talk About Kevin
Harriett Gilbert talks to Lionel Shriver about her novel We Need To Talk About Kevin.
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Hisham Matar - In The Country Of Men
Harriett Gilbert talks to Hisham Matar about his debut novel In The Country Of Men.
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Colm Toibin - Brooklyn
Poignant tale of young Irish woman trying to make a new life in 1950s New York
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Henning Mankell - Faceless Killers
Scandi-noir at its best - Swedish sleuth Kurt Wallander's first murder mystery
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Val McDermid - A Place of Execution
Taut psychological suspense thriller set in Peak District that unfolds like a Greek drama
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Boris Akunin - The Winter Queen
Detective Erast Fandorin investigates a student's apparent suicide in 19th-century Moscow
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Jo Nesbo - The Redbreast
Dysfunctional Norwegian detective Harry Hole navigates a World War Two ghost story
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Javier Cercas - Soldiers Of Salamis
Acclaimed Spanish writer Javier Cercas talks about his haunting novel Soldiers of Salamis