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Front Row: Madonna's W.E. reviewed; Ian Rankin's unpublished novel

Madonna's W.E. reviewed; Ian Rankin's unpublished novel

18/01/2012

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Madonna's W.E. reviewed; Ian Rankin's unpublished novel

Mark Lawson reviews Madonna's W.E., and Ian Rankin on his unpublished first novel.

Mark Lawson reviews Madonna's W.E., Chad Harbach explains why it took 10 years to write his debut novel, and Ian Rankin and Frances Fyfield on their unpublished first novels.

With Mark Lawson. 

Madonna makes her feature film debut as director and co-screenwriter of W.E. The film intercuts the love story of Wallis Simpson and King Edward VIII with a modern-day tale of a woman obsessed by Wallis. A N Wilson reviews. 

Chad Harbach discusses his debut novel The Art of Fielding, which took him 10 years to write and has been garlanded with praise by some of America's best-known writers. 

It has been reported that some cinema goers have asked for refunds on finding that the award-winning film The Artist is silent. Lawyer Duncan Lamont discusses the rights of a dissatisfied arts consumer in this and other cases. 

Crime writer Ian Rankin will give a reading from his first unpublished novel this weekend at the First Fictions festival, organised by Sussex University. He and crime writer Frances Fyfield, who also wrote an unpublished first book, look back on their early efforts, and how their styles have changed. 

Producer Claire Bartleet.

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