Sue Lawley's castaway is Pulitzer prize-winning writer Frank McCourt.
Favourite track: The Kyrie from St Cecilia Mass by Charles Gounod
Book: Oxford Anthology of English Verse
Luxury: A pair of binoculars
Published on Sunday, 17th June 2001.
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