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World Book Club: Romesh Gunesekera - Reef

Romesh Gunesekera - Reef

BBC Radio 4 Extra - World Book Club, Romesh Gunesekera - Reef

Romesh Gunesekera and readers discuss his Booker shortlisted novel - Reef. From 2013.

4 Extra Debut. Romesh Gunesekera discusses Reef, his novel about a Sri Lankan cook, with Harriett Gilbert and some of his readers. From 2013.

Leading Sri Lankan writer, Romesh Gunesekera talks to Harriet Gilbert and some of his readers about his acclaimed first novel Reef, first published in 1994.

The 1994 Booker shortlisted novel is about a Sri Lankan cook Triton, who works for a marine biologist who is unaware of the impending violence in their country.

Presenter Harriett Gilbert

First broadcast on BBC World Service in March 2013.

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