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Dec 2024
48m 44s

On the Shoulders of Giants

THE TLS
About this episode

This week, novelist and playwright Caryl Phillips remembers his friendship with the magnificent James Baldwin; and Robert Potts on the ingenious return of George Smiley.


The works of James Baldwin

'Karla's Choice', a John le Carré novel, by Nick Harkaway


Produced by Charlotte Pardy


Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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