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A Book at Bedtime

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

Empire of the Sun by J. G. BALLARD abridged in 15 episodes by JOHN SCOTNEY
Read by Kenneth Haigh (1) In the horrifying and often bizarre world of his Shanghai internment camp, 11-year-old Jim is a cool and unsentimental observer of the adults around him. Unlike most of them he discovers within himself a ruthless instinct for survival.
This highly acclaimed novel was short-listed for the 1984 Booker/McConnell Prize and has been hailed as 'the great British novel about the last war'.
Producer MAURICE LEITCH

Contributors

Unknown:
J. G. Ballard
Unknown:
John Scotney
Read By:
Kenneth Haigh
Producer:
Maurice Leitch
Source: Radio Times

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