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Eliza Manningham-Buller and Elif Shafak

Former MI5 boss, Eliza Manningham-Buller and author Elif Shafak discuss their book choices with Harriett Gilbert. From 2014.

Harriett Gilbert and her guests - former head of MI5 Eliza Manningham-Buller and Turkish author Elif Shafak - discuss their books by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Alison Lurie and Michael Chabon.

β€˜Americanah’ by Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie
Publisher: Fourth Estate

β€˜The War Between the Tates’ by Alison Lurie
Publisher: Vintage

β€˜Gentlemen of the Road’ by Michael Chabon
Publisher: Sceptre

First broadcast on ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4 in November 2014.

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Presenter Harriett Gilbert
Interviewed Guest Eliza Manningham-Buller
Interviewed Guest Elif Shafak

Broadcasts

  • Tue 4 Nov 2014 16:30
    ΒιΆΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
  • Fri 7 Nov 2014 23:00
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  • Mon 22 Aug 2022 18:30
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  • Tue 23 Aug 2022 00:30
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