Alexander McCall Smith
Alexander McCall Smith talks about his novel 44 Scotland Street with James Naughtie and readers.
World-wide bestselling author Alexander McCall Smith meets readers to discuss the first in his series of humorous novels set in Edinburgh - 44 Scotland Street. The presenter is James Naughtie.
The book tells the story of the interlocking lives of the inhabitants of adjoining flats in a house in the Georgian New Town of Edinburgh - their comic adventures, their foibles and accidents, their chance criss-crossings day-to-day.
McCall Smith talks about the challenges of writing one thousand words a day, and how readers would advise him on where to take the story next, and what they thought he should do with characters they didn't like. He also explains how a few real people - novelist Ian Rankin, art gallery owner Guy Peploe - turned up in the stories.
January's Bookclub choice: Unreliable Memoirs (Vol 1) by Clive James
Producer: Dymphna Flynn.
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- Sun 3 Jan 2010 16:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Thu 7 Jan 2010 16:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
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