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Book at Bedtime

Alex y Robert

Episode 8

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Written by Wena Poon. Roberto has returned to Spain following Alex's injury in training and is staying to manage her for the fight in San Martin. Fuentes, a local bull-breeder and patron of the French novillera Magalie Soubeyran, has put his ranch at their disposal to resume Alex's training - when she is fit again.

Some bullfighting terms:
novillada - a bullfight featuring bullfighters who have not yet graduated to professional matador status, and younger, smaller bulls. Often the bullfighters, known as novilleros, are teenagers.
sangre de toros - bulls' blood

Abridged by Jeremy Osborne
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