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Book at Bedtime: Summer Lies: Episode 1: The Night in Baden-Baden, Part 1

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Episode 1: The Night in Baden-Baden, Part 1

The Night in Baden-Baden, Part 1

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An author goes to the first night of his play with Therese, who is not his girlfriend.

4 Extra Debut.  An author goes to the first night of his play and invites Therese, but who exactly is she? Read by Bill Nighy.

Bill Nighy reads from the new collection of short fiction by the author of The Reader, Bernhard Schlink. 

He begins with a three-part story called The Night in Baden-Baden. An author goes to the first night of his first play, which is being performed in Baden-Baden. To celebrate the occasion he invites Therese to go with him. But Therese is not his girlfriend. 


Abridged and produced by Jane Marshall
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Bill Nighy reads from a short fiction collection by Bernhard Schlink, author of The Reader

Bill Nighy reads from a collection of short fiction by Bernhard Schlink, author of The Reader

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