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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

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Benjamin Markovits

Stephanie Merritt

Philip Lewis

Open Book: Great American Novel

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26/11/2017

Great American Novel

BBC Radio 4 - Open Book, Great American Novel

Mariella explores American literature with Benjamin Markovits and Stephanie Merrit.

Mariella Frostrup explores American literature with writers Benjamin Markovits and Stephanie Merrit.

Mariella Frostrup explores the idea of the Great American Novel and asks if it's honoured at the expense of contemporary British novels. She's joined by Benjamin Markovits and Stephanie Merrit. Phillip Lewis luxuriates in the writing of William Styron's The Confessions of Nat Turner. Also on the programme, Mariella celebrates the joys and traditions of reading aloud.

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