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Enderby

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by Anthony Burgess
'While Enderby was breakfasting off reheated hare stew with pickled walnuts, the postman came. The notepaper was embossed with the arms of a famous firm of chain booksellers. He had been awarded the firm's annual Poetry Prize and was cordially invited to a special luncheon to receive his prize, amid the plaudits of the literary world. Enderby let his hare stew go cold.' In a reading related to the preceding edition of Bookshelf, Anthony Burgess's description of an episode in the life of his poet is read by James Grout

(Repeated: Thurs 4.35pm)
(James Grout is in 'Make and Break' at the Haymarket Theatre, London)

9.58 Weather

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Author:
Anthony Burgess
Reader:
James Grout
Producer:
John Knight
Source: Radio Times

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