A Good Read

Daisy Dunn and Andrew Hunter Murray

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The classicist and the author talk about books they love with presenter Harriett Gilbert. One of the books is eerily prescient about the state of the world today.

The books are:

Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury, chosen by classicist Daisy Dunn

Rogue Male by Geoffrey Household, chosen by podcaster and author Andrew Hunter Murray
A Life's Music by Andreï Makine, translated by Geoffrey Strachan, chosen by presenter Harriett Gilbert

Produced for BBC Audio in Bristol by Beth O'Dea

Join us over on instagram @agoodreadbbc

Photo credit: Timothy Foster

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