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Book at Bedtime: Summer Lies: Episode 3: The Night in Baden-Baden, Part 3

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Episode 3: The Night in Baden-Baden, Part 3

The Night in Baden-Baden, Part 3

BBC Radio 4 - Book at Bedtime, Summer Lies, The Night in Baden-Baden, Part 3

In spite of his little infidelities, the playwright claims he loves his girlfriend.

In spite of his infidelities, the playwright claims he loves his girlfriend, but will their love survive? Read by Bill Nighy.

A playwright has taken an old friend to the opening night of his first play but, when his girlfriend, finds out she isn't pleased. The more he claims the date was innocent, the more her jealousy escalates and he reflects that it is just this sort of jealousy that prompted his deception in the first place. 

Bill Nighy reads from Bernhard Schlink's collection of short fiction..


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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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