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Afternoon Reading: Susie Maguire - I Got the Dog

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Afternoon Reading: Susie Maguire - I Got the Dog: Episode 2: Boris's Story

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After pianist Boris's bitter break-up with Andria, can Chiara better understand him?

After pianist Boris's bitter break-up with Andria, can performance artist Chiara better understand him? Read by John McGlynn.

Boris is an artist - a pianist. When he's working on a piece, time becomes meaningless; he will play all through the night and not notice. That enigmatic passion, once the very thing that attracted Andria to him, eventually caused their break up.Boris left, taking his piano and their dog Mimi with him.  

Things begin to look up for him when he starts seeing another artist Chiara. Surely she will understand the creative drive? Chiara is a performance artist. When she asks Boris to compose a piece of music for her next 'project', it seems that perhaps they are kindred spirits.  

He's also pleased that Chiara is getting along very well with Mimi, until one he's shocked to discover that Mimi has been co-opted into Chiara's performance! Tensions mount further as Boris's obsessive drive to work takes over, and poor Mimi is caught in the cross-fire again. Who'll get the dog this time?

John McGlynn reads Boris's story
Producer: Sarah Langan.

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