Richard Flanagan
Becky Milligan presents a profile of novelist Richard Flanagan, who this week became the fourth Australian to win the Man Booker Prize.
Writer Richard Flanagan is the 2014 winner of the Man Booker Prize. His novel "The Narrow Road to the Deep North" is a story set among prisoners of war, forced by the Japanese to work on the Thai-Burma "death" railway. Presenter Becky Milligan looks into Flanagan's life in his native Tasmania where he is a prominent environmental campaigner and a regular at the local pub. She talks to Flanagan's close friends and relatives including his brother Martin Flanagan, leading film actress Kerry Fox and publisher Nikki Christer.
Producer: Smita Patel.
Last on
Broadcasts
- Sat 18 Oct 2014 19:00Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 19 Oct 2014 05:45Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
- Sun 19 Oct 2014 17:40Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4
Podcast
-
![]()
Profile
An insight into the character of an influential figure making news headlines
