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Marcelle d'Argy Smith and Barry Cunliffe

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The Confidence Trick
Laura Barton examines the place of confidence in modern life.
11:00 - 11:30
John le Carré
Smiley's investigations are almost complete. There is still a loose end....

Sue MacGregor and her guests - former Cosmopolitan editor, Marcelle d'Argy Smith and archaeologist, Professor Barry Cunliffe - discuss books by Robert Harris, Voltaire and David M Friedman. The Ghost by Robert Harris Publisher: Hutchinson A Mind of Its Own: A Cultural History of the Penis by David M Friedman Publisher: Robert Hale Limited Candide by Voltaire Publisher: Oxford World's Classics Producer: John Byrne First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in June 2008.

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