Claire Fox and Lisa Appignanesi
4 Extra Debut. Sue MacGregor, Lisa Appignanesi and Claire Fox discuss books by Willa Cather, John Armstrong and Joseph O'Neill. From 2010.
Books about the American dream and civilisation.
Novelist and Chair of the Royal Society of Literature, Lisa Appignanesi and Claire Fox, director and founder of the Institute of Ideas join Sue MacGregor to discuss books by Willa Cather, John Armstrong and Joseph O'Neill
A Lost Lady by Willa Cather
Publisher: Virago Modern Classics
Netherland by Joseph O'Neill
Publisher: Fourth Estate
In Search of Civilisation - Remaking a tarnished idea by John Armstrong
Publisher: Penguin
First broadcast on 大象传媒 Radio 4 in July 2010.
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