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Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

Episode 7

Duration: 14 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LWLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM

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A radical gardening collective in New Zealand push their principles to breaking point when they go into partnership with Big Tech. Kerry Fox reads Eleanor Catton’s satirical, apocalyptic thriller.

Mira feels that she and Lemoine have finally made a connection as the billionaire joins Birnam Wood for an evening of pad thai - with a side order of LSD-fuelled group bonding.

Read by Kerry Fox
Abridged by Siân Preece
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie Show less

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