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World Service,09 Dec 1997,28 mins

John F. Kennedy biography

Meridian

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A sensational biography on John F. Kennedy is reviewed. The book reveals the President, assassinated in 1963, had a serious illness. Also in the programme, a review of Cities for a Small Planet by Richard Rogers, an interview with American playwright David Mamet and British writer Rumer Godden, plus the announcement of the winner of the World Service book competition.

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