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Lisa Jewell & Aditya Chakrabortty

Lisa Jewell, Aditya Chakrabortty and Harriett Gilbert choose books by Amit Chaudhuri, Liz Nugent and Rose Tremain. From 2019.

Author Lisa Jewell and economics commentator Aditya Chakrabortty join Harriett Gilbert to talk about their favourite books.

Aditya Chakrabortty chooses Afternoon Raag by Amit Chaudhuri. Lisa Jewell chooses Unravelling Oliver by Liz Nugent. And Harriett chooses Rosie: Scenes from a Vanished Life by Rose Tremain.

Afternoon Raag by Amit Chaudhuri
Publisher: Oneworld

Unravelling Oliver by Liz Nugent
Publisher: Penguin

Rosie: Scenes from a Vanished Life by Rose Tremain
Publisher: Vintage

Producer: Beth O'Dea
Photo credit: Andrew Whitton

First broadcast on ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 in October 2019.

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28 minutes

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Tue 7 Oct 2025 10:00

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  • Tue 22 Oct 2019 16:30
  • Fri 25 Oct 2019 23:00
  • Tue 7 Oct 2025 10:00
  • Tue 7 Oct 2025 16:00
  • Wed 8 Oct 2025 00:00

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