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15:30

Open Book

Instructions for a Heatwave; obesity in the contemporary novel

BBC Radio 4

Duration: 28 minutes

Thu 28^th Feb 2013, 15:30 on BBC Radio 4 FM

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Mariella Frostrup talks to Maggie O'Farrell about her novel Instructions for a Heatwave, and asks Jami Attenberg and Michael Kimball how contemporary literature tackles obesity. Show more

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Open Book

Source: BBC Online

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