Book Critic: Escapist Theme!

Afternoons with Jesse Mulligan by RNZ

Sep 22, 202600:08:32Society & Culture

Afternoons' book critic Catherine Robertson joins Jesse to share what she's been reading: The House in the Cerulean Sea by TJ Klune (Tor) The Homemade God by Rachel Joyce (Penguin) Light Over Liskeard by Louis de Bernièr...

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