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Mark Lawson examines how mystery novels reflect a country's history and political system.

Foreign Bodies: Omnibus

Foreign Bodies: Omnibus: Episode 3: Wallander, Hole, Rebus, Fandorin and Kayankaya

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Episode 3: Wallander, Hole, Rebus, Fandorin and Kayankaya

Omnibus

Wallander, Hole, Rebus, Fandorin and Kayankaya

BBC Radio 4 - Foreign Bodies, Omnibus, Wallander, Hole, Rebus, Fandorin and Kayankaya

Mark Lawson looks at German, Scandinavian, Scottish and Russian modern crime fiction.

Mark Lawson looks at how Larsson, Mankell and Arjouni depict racism's impact, Ian Rankin looks at a devolved Scotland, and Boris Akunin and Andrey Kurkov discuss Russian writing.

Mark Lawson continues his series looking at the way shifts in modern European society have been depicted in crime fiction. 

In Germany, Mark Lawson meets Jakob Arjouni to discuss his Turkish PI Kemal Kayankaya and the way events including the war in Yugoslavia and re-unification have fed into his writing. Outside the Scottish parliament building, Ian Rankin describes the changes in Scottish politics which his Rebus stories have charted and the links he sees with Scandinavia - where authors including Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell, Stieg Larsson and Liza Marklund have tackled racism and the increasing gap between rich and poor in their novels. In Russia, the tradition of crime writing is less developed and Boris Akunin and Andrey Kurkov reflect on their different approaches. 

Producer: Robyn Read.

Intelligent speech, the most insightful journalism, the wittiest comedy, the most fascinating features and the most compelling drama and readings anywhere in UK radio.

Mark Lawson presents a history of modern Europe through literary detectives

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