Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton 

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Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton: Episode 3

Birnam Wood by Eleanor Catton

Episode 3

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Mira is caught trespassing by a mysterious American who seems to know a lot about her.

Eleanor Catton’s environmental thriller continues with Mira left shaken after an encounter with a mysterious American on the Darvish farm. Read by Kerry Fox.

A radical gardening collective in New Zealand will push their principles to breaking point when they make a deal with Big Tech. Kerry Fox reads Eleanor Catton’s satirical, apocalyptic thriller.

Mira has been caught trespassing on the Darvish farm by a mysterious American pilot who seems to see right through her. Shaken by the failure of her well-practised cover story, she retreats to do some research of her own.

Read by Kerry Fox
Abridged by Siân Preece
Produced by Eilidh McCreadie

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