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A Don's Life
http://timesonline.typepad.com/dons_life/
The Diary: Jeremy Paxman
http://www.ft.com/cms/s/2/5496d2f4-6a66-11e4-bfb4-00144feabdc0.html#axzz3JEhkGdvB

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: A Novel

Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk: A Novel

http://www.harpercollins.com/9780060885595/billy-lynns-long-halftime-walk
The Return of Martin Guerre

The Return of Martin Guerre

帰ってきたマルタン・ゲール―16世紀フランスのにせ亭主騒動 (平凡社ライブラリー)

帰ってきたマルタン・ゲール―16世紀フランスのにせ亭主騒動 (平凡社ライブラリー)

http://www.l.u-tokyo.ac.jp/~kondo/DavisKob.htm
Travels with My Aunt (Vintage Classics)

Travels with My Aunt (Vintage Classics)

http://ameqlist.com/sfg/greene.htm
Jeremy Paxman and Mary Beard argue heatedly and entertainingly about the books they love, with presenter Harriett Gilbert acting as referee.

Jeremy's choice is Billy Lynn's Long Halftime Walk by Ben Fountain: a rollercoaster of a novel that's been called the Catch-22 of the Iraq War.

The Return of Martin Guerre by Natalie Zemon Davis is classicist Mary Beard's recommendation. It's a depiction of French peasant life that's been described as even greater than the film of the same story.

Travels with my Aunt, a genuinely funny novel by Graham Greene, is Harriett Gilbert's contribution.

Producer Beth O'Dea
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b04kbl8c