John Timpson and John Bird

Businessman John Timpson and Big Issue founder John Bird join Harriett Gilbert to discuss favourite their books by Thomas Hardy, Elif Batuman and Graham Greene.

The Mayor of Casterbridge by Thomas Hardy Publisher: Wordsworth Classics

The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them by Elif Batuman Publisher: Granta

The Confidential Agent by Graham Greene Publisher: Vintage

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in November 2016.