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Serialised book readings, featuring works from various genres

Serialised book readings, featuring works of non-fiction, biography, autobiography, travel, diaries, essays, humour and history

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Book of the Week: No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Story

Book of the Week: No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Story: Episode 2: The Prix de Lausanne

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No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Story

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Episode 2: The Prix de Lausanne

The Prix de Lausanne

BBC Radio 4 - Book of the Week, No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Story, The Prix de Lausanne

Forced to ballet school, Carlos truants and steals, but hard work leads him to win big.

Forced to ballet school by his father, teen Carlos truants and steals, but hard work leads him to win big. Read by Jot Davies.

No Way Home: A Cuban Dancer's Story
Jot Davies reads from ballet superstar Carlos Acosta's enchanting and inspirational memoir.

2/5. The Prix de Lausanne

Forced by his father to attend ballet school, the lonely teenager initially falls into bad ways. But he turns his life around through hard work, winning the world's most prestigious junior ballet competition.

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Jot Davies reads from ballet superstar Carlos Acosta's enchanting and inspirational memoir

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