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Desert Island Discs - Kingsley Amis - BBC Sounds

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Desert Island Discs

Kingsley AmisKingsley Amis

Released On: 09 Nov 1986

Available for over a year

Michael Parkinson's castaway is writer Kingsley Amis.

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