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A Book at Bedtime

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on BBC Radio 4 FM

The Painter of Signs by R. K. NARAYAN abridged in ten parts by DAVID GODFREY
Read by Sam Dastor (1)
Raman is a young bachelor painter of signboards. His work leads him through a succession of contacts with people both important and absurd, to a meeting with Daisy and the beginning of a bitter-sweet love affair.
Set against the background of India today, this richly human story creates two memorable lovers and shows, too, the c)ash of old and young in provincial India. Producer GERRY JONES long wave only

Contributors

Unknown:
R. K. Narayan
Unknown:
David Godfrey
Read By:
Sam Dastor
Producer:
Gerry Jones
Source: Radio Times

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