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Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books

Programme looking at new fiction and non-fiction books, talking to authors and publishers and unearthing lost classics

Mariella Frostrup

James Lasdun

Open Book: James Lasdun, Writers in Hollywood, Crime round-up, Bestsellers.

James Lasdun, Writers in Hollywood, Crime round-up, Bestsellers.

15/01/2017

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, James Lasdun, Writers in Hollywood, Crime round-up, Bestsellers.

News and features from the world of books, presented by Mariella Frostrup.

Mariella Frostrup talks to American novelist James Lasdun whose new book The Fall Guy is a suspense thriller about four characters on an apparently idyllic holiday, which goes dangerously wrong.  
Also on the programme, Jake Kerridge picks some of his favourite new crime novels, Tim Walker looks at the history of novelists in Hollywood and a new scheme to recognise top selling authors.

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