Harriett Gilbert and her guests - Irish stand-up comedian, Andrew Maxwell and Pakistani writer, Kamila Shamsie - discuss their favourite books by Doris Lessing, Anita Desai and John Steinbeck.
Clear Light of Day by Anita Desai
Publisher: Vintage
Tortilla Flat by John Steinbeck
Publisher: Penguin
In Pursuit of the English by Doris Lessing
Publisher: Fourth Estate
First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2014.
