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Front Row: Man Booker Prize Shortlist; James Ellroy; Joyce DiDonato; the Wallace Collection

09/09/2014

Man Booker Prize Shortlist; James Ellroy; Joyce DiDonato; the Wallace Collection

BBC Radio 4 - Front Row, Man Booker Prize Shortlist; James Ellroy; Joyce DiDonato; the Wallace Collection

Man Booker Prize shortlist 2014; James Ellroy; Joyce DiDonato; the Wallace Collection

A look at the Man Booker Prize shortlist; James Ellroy on his new novel; Joyce DiDonato on her latest CD; re-opening of the Great Gallery at the Wallace Collection.

Cathy Rentzenbrink from The Bookseller gives her verdict on the Man Booker Prize shortlist; James Ellroy, perhaps best known for his LA Quartet books, which include LA Confidential and The Black Dahlia, is set to publish his largest book to date. ‘Perfidia’ revolves around the brutal murder of a Japanese family on December 6th, 1941; a day before the Japanese bombing of Pearl Harbor and it sheds light on the violence that was happening in the city of Los Angeles on the cusp of America's entrance into WW2. Joyce DiDonato reveals what's on her latest CD of Bel Canto opera arias; and we get a sneak preview of the Great Gallery at the Wallace Collection which opens its doors again after two years, during which time it has been redesigned and the paintings rehung.

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