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Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books

Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books, talking to authors and publishers and unearthing lost classics

Open Book: 25/07/2010

25/07/2010

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, 25/07/2010

Mariella Frostrup talks to Howard Jacobson about his new novel, The Finkler Question.

Mariella Frostrup talks to Howard Jacobson about his new novel, The Finkler Question and explores the impact of illness on writing with novelists Tim Parks and Philip Hensher.

Mariella Frostrup talks to the acclaimed novelist Howard Jacobson about his new book, The Finkler Question, a story about friendship, love and Jewish identity. She's joined by novelists Philip Hensher and Tim Parks to discuss the impact of illness on writing - Parks's latest book is a meditation on physical ill health and the literary imagination. She also investigates the growth of e-reading, with the help of Open Book listener responses and techno fan Kathryn Hughes and technophobe Toby Litt.

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