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The Write Stuff: Series 15: Gustave Flaubert

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James Walton tests Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, John O'Farrell and Alex Clark.

James Walton tests Sebastian Faulks, John Walsh, John O'Farrell and Alex Clark in the literary panel show. From February 2012.

James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary correctness.

Team captains John Walsh and Sebastian Faulks, are joined by John O'Farrell and Alex Clark.

Author of the week and subject for pastiche is French modernist novelist and firebrand, Gustave Flaubert. What would his 'Dictionary of Received Ideas' be like today?

Reader: Beth Chalmers

Producer: Sam Michell

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in February 2012.

The Write Stuff: Series 15

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James Walton takes the chair for the game of literary correctness

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