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Factual: Arts, Culture & the Media

Factual: History

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

Foreign Bodies: Series 1: Russia and Ukraine - Erast Fandorin

Russia and Ukraine - Erast Fandorin

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 - Foreign Bodies, Series 1, Russia and Ukraine - Erast Fandorin

Russian and Ukrainian crime writers Akunin and Kurkov. Is Dostoevsky still an influence?

Mark Lawson meets Russian and Ukrainian crime writers Boris Akunin and Andrey Kurkov. Is Dostoevsky still an influence?

Boris Akunin sets his Erast Fandorin novels in nineteenth century Russia whilst Andrey Kurkov describes twenty first century Ukraine. 

Mark Lawson looks at the influence of Bulgakov and Dostoevsky on Russian crime fiction and compares the inside view with those created by outsiders including Martin Cruz Smith and Tom Rob Smith.

Producer Robyn Read.

Foreign Bodies: Series 1

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