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The UK's bestselling and critically acclaimed authors discuss their work.

The UK's bestselling and critically acclaimed authors discuss their new works, their ideas and being an author in the 21st century.

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Talking Books: Series 1: Episode 10: Jonathan Franzen

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Episode 10: Jonathan Franzen

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Jonathan Franzen

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Razia Iqbal discusses Jonathan Franzen's new novel 'Freedom'.

Razia Iqbal discusses Jonathan Franzen's new novel 'Freedom', his long awaited follow up to 'The Corrections'.

Once again the debate around the Great American Novel has exercised the literati on both sides of the Atlantic and once again it is Jonathan Franzen that has prompted the discussion. Razia Iqbal discusses his new novel 'Freedom', his long awaited follow up to 'The Corrections', which been roundly praised for its ascerbic yet curiously warm depiction of an American middle class family in a post 9/11 US.

The UK's bestselling and critically acclaimed authors talk to Razia Iqbal

The UK's bestselling and critically acclaimed authors talk to Razia Iqbal about their new work, their ideas and being an author in the 21st Century.

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