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Salman Rushdie, Pasolini, Cyndi Lauper

Duration: 30 minutes

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

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Samira Ahmed talks to Salman Rushdie about his new novel, Two Years Eight Months and Twenty Eight Nights, set in New York in the future.

Cyndi Lauper on writing the score for the Tony award winning musical Kinky Boots, based on the true story of the Northampton factory that began making shoes for drag queens.

Jenny McCartney reviews the film Pasolini, starring William Dafoe as the controversial Italian film-maker in his final days. Show less

Contributors

Presenter:
Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest:
Salman Rushdie
Interviewed Guest:
Cyndi Lauper
Interviewed Guest:
Jenny McCartney

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