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My Life in Five Books

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What are the books that changed your life, your attitude to living and view of the world?

What are the books that changed your life, your attitude to living, your view of the world? Picking five books that are significant to them, guests give us a fascinating insight

My Life in Five Books: Series 1: Quintin Jardine

Quintin Jardine

Series 1

BBC Radio 4 Extra - My Life in Five Books, Series 1, Quintin Jardine

Crime writer Quintin Jardine tells Stuart Cosgrove about five of his favourite books.

Crime writer Quintin Jardine, creator of the Edinburgh-based Bob Skinner novels, tells Stuart Cosgrove why killing off lawyers is popular with his readers.

In this series Stuart Cosgrove meets guests from the literary world and beyond to hear about the five very special books in their lives. 

Quintin Jardine has built up a huge following for his crime novels featuring the fictional Edinburgh policeman Bob Skinner. From Skinner's Rules in 1993 the series now runs to 19 books. 

Quintin himself has had a varied career including spells as a journalist and a political spin doctor. 

Talking to Stuart he chooses five titles that he's found influential including the book that convinced him that he could do better and launched him on his own writing career.

My Life in Five Books: Series 1

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What are the books that changed your life, your attitude to living, your view of the world? Picking five books that are significant to them, our guests give us a fascinating insigh

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