The Mark and the Void 

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Peter Serafinowicz

Paul Murray

Sara Davies

Jenny Thompson

Paul Murray - The Mark and the Void: Episode 7

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Episode 7

Paul Murray - The Mark and the Void

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Claude is broken-hearted and Paul meets a figure from his past who offers fresh hope.

Claude and Ariadne share a love of French philosophy but then he learns she is already attached. Read by Peter Serafinowicz.

Claude and Ariadne are united by their love of French philosophy until he learns she is in love with another. 

Meanwhile Paul looks for investment in a business for the lovesick.

Paul Murray’s madcap novel of institutional folly - a stirring examination of the deceptions carried out in the names of art, love and commerce.

Read by Peter Serafinowicz.

Abridged by Sara Davies.

Producer: Jenny Thompson.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in August 2015.

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Paul Murray's madcap novel of institutional folly. Read by Peter Serafinowicz.

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