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Dermot Bolger

Richard Lumsden

Jenny Thompson

Wish You Weren't Here...: The Last Person

Wish You Weren't Here...

The Last Person

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An unwelcome guest at a book launch brings a pang of conscience to Dermot Bolger's writer.

An unwelcome guest at a book launch pricks a writer’s conscience. Richard Lumsden reads Dermot Bolger's tale of literary fraud.

Jack is relieved that his fifth book launch is going well, until an unexpected guest brings a pang of conscience and unwelcome memories of past plagiarism. 

A stranger, a mystery and an old friend all make us ‘wish you weren’t here’!

Dermot Bolger's tale of literary fraud read by Richard Lumsden

Wish You Weren’t Here is a series of three original short stories by award-winning writers about that awkward person you’d rather not meet… 

Director ..... Jenny Thompson

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in 2015.

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