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Free Thinking: Mark Haddon

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Anne McElvoy talks to Mark Haddon about his career and latest novel The Porpoise.

As The Porpoise comes out in paperback, author Mark Haddon talks to Anne McElvoy about his career since he published The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time in 2003.

The Porpoise, Haddon's latest novel is now out in paperback.  Anne McElvoy talks to him about the language of bloke, writing female characters and taking inspiration from Shakespeare and the legend of Pericles.  The conversation ranges across his career in theatre, children's writing and stories for adults, the impact of The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-Time which he published in 2003 and his recent illness. 

Recorded in front of an audience as part of the BBC Proms Plus series of discussions. 

You can find a playlist of In Depth Conversations on the Free Thinking website with guests including James Ellroy, Edna O'Brien, Sebastian Faulks, Margaret Atwood, Elif Shafak, Arundhati Roy, Zadie Smith, Hanif Kureishi and others.  https://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04ly0c8 

Producer: Fiona McLean.

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