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

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Book of the Week: Beauty and the Inferno

Book of the Week: Beauty and the Inferno: Episode 3: Playing It All

Beauty and the Inferno

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Roberto Saviano describes meeting his hero, football star Lionel Messi.

Roberto Saviano's essays continue as he describes meeting his hero, the great Lionel Messi. Read by Nicholas Murchie. From June 2012.

Essays by Roberto Saviano. Translated by Oonagh Stransky.

Roberto Saviano describes meeting his hero, the great Lionel Messi, Barcelona FC's star player, and another courageous fighter whose life embodies the title of the book - the transcendent beauty of his sporting skills matched only by the infernal battle it took for him to reach the top of his game.

This series of essays are by the celebrated author of Gomorrah - a sensational book exposing the inner workings of the Italian Mafia. Journalist Roberto Saviano explores a range of his passions, both light and dark, sharing common themes of David vs Goliath and the power of art and talent to overcome difficulties, while offering a compelling insight into his life in hiding and under permanent police protection since Gomorrah's publication in 2006.

Abridged by Eileen Horne

Reader: Nicholas Murchie


Producer: Clive Brill
A Pacificus Production for BBC Radio 4.

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Italian journalist Roberto Saviano explores a range of his passions, both light and dark

Italian journalist Roberto Saviano explores a range of his passions, both light and dark. Translated by Oonagh Stransky, abridged by Eileen Horne

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