Shahidha Bari examines the life and work of controversial Booker Prize winner Sir VS Naipaul. Is his legacy compromised by his self-confessed violence towards women and views on race? Show more
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The Trouble with Naipaul
Part One
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS South AsiaLatest broadcast: on BBC WORLD NEWS Africa
In this two part series, academic and writer, Shahidha Bari, asks if we should stop reading controversial writer V.S. Naipaul. Show more
Open Book
Barney Norris
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Deborah Levy and Daniel Hahn discuss the appeal of Cervantes, and playwright Barney Norris talks to Mariella Frostrup about his first novel Five Rivers Met On A Wooded Plain. Show more
Open Book
Deborah Levy; Bulgarian fiction; Jamie Byng's literary pick
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
Available for over a year
Deborah Levy revisits her early work; Kapka Kassabova and Miroslav Penkov discuss Bulgarian literature; and the literary pick of publisher Jamie Byng. Show more
Open Book
Jessie Burton and Summer Reads
30 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
Available for over a year
Jessie Burton takes Mariella Frostrup back to Golden Age Amsterdam with The Miniaturist, plus Viv Groskop and Matt Haig on this summer's best beach reads and Deborah Levy at home. Show more
Sofia flies to Athens to meet her Greek father for the first time in 11 years. Show more
Sofia at last feels she can live her own life, but her relationship with her mother Rose has to endure one final test. Show more
Dr Gomez welcomes Rose to the unconventional methods of his clinic. Show more
Sofia vows to release a German shepherd and receives a persistent late night caller. Show more
Dr Gomez takes Rose and Sofia out for lunch, and graffiti is spray-painted onto the walls of the clinic. Show more
Ingrid Bauer proves to be deft with both an arrow and a needle, and Sofia endures more Medusa stings. Show more
Dr Gomez insists that Rose gives up all her medication, and Sofia and Ingrid become lovers. Show more
Sofia returns from Athens to Spain feeling liberated from her father but increasingly drawn to Ingrid, who is waiting for her in Almeria. Show more
Rose insists on buying a watch of fake diamonds, and Sofia guesses the identity of the graffiti artist. Show more
Rose files a complaint about Dr Gomez's clinic, Go-METH, and it becomes the subject of an investigation. Show more
Bookclub
Deborah Levy - Swimming Home
28 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FM
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Deborah Levy discusses her novel Swimming Home, which was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize in 2012. Presented by James Naughtie and including a group of invited readers. Show more
Woman's Hour
Paula Wilcox, Deborah Levy
45 minutes
First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW
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Author Deborah Levy and her new novel; are your 20s your defining decade? Jayne Senior and her campaign to expose the child sexual abuse in Rotherham; Paula Wilcox. Show more