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Arabella Weir & Deborah Levy

Comedian Arabella Weir and novelist Deborah Levy choose favourites including Booker prize winner The Sellout by Paul Beatty, and The Lover by Marguerite Duras.

Comedian Arabella Weir and novelist Deborah Levy choose favourite reads. Arabella nominates The Sellout by Paul Beatty, which won the Booker prize the same year Deborah was nominated. Deborah's favourite is The Lover by Marguerite Duras, and presenter Harriett Gilbert has gone for Mrs Bridge by Evan S Connell.
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Tue 3 Nov 2020 16:30

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