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Mariella Frostrup talks to John Lanchester about his new novel Capital, which looks at the state of the nation through the lives and stories of the residents of one street.

Recently there have been a number of authors who've hit back publically after a review they haven't agreed with, including the great American linguist and philosopher Noam Chomsky, who published a retort to a review of his book "Making the Future." So it is ever a good idea for writers to respond to their critics? Author Terence Blacker explores.

Paris has famously been the inspiration and muse for many artists and writers, from Sartre, Toulouse-Lautrec and Renoir to Balzac, Colette and their literary counterparts from around the world, people like F. Scott Fitzgerald, James Joyce, and Ernest Hemingway. Another ex-pat drawn to the city today is the Australian born writer and journalist, John Baxter, whose book "The Most Beautiful walk in the world" explores his own experiences of the French capital, a journey that has led to him becoming a walking guide to literary Paris.

Producer: Andrea Kidd.