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Harriet Walter and Guy Paul; The Casual Vacancy; Amit Chaudhuri; The Folio Prize.

Harriet Walter and Guy Paul in two-hander play Boa, JK Rowling's The Casual Vacancy adapted for TV, Amit Chaudhuri on his new novel Odysseus Abroad and the Folio Prize shortlist.

Harriet Walter and Guy Paul discuss playing wife and husband on stage in a new play, Boa, and how much of their off-stage marriage is reflected in their performances; as J K Rowling's novel The Casual Vacancy is adapted for TV, Jonathan Myerson reviews it, and compares the drama with the novel; The Folio Prize was launched with the aim of 'celebrating the best fiction of our time'. Now in its second year, Cathy Rentzenbrink discusses the eight books on the shortlist; and Amit Chaudhuri discusses his new novel, Odysseus Abroad. A re-working of the story of Odysseus and Telemachus, it explores the relationship between Ananda, a young man studying literature in 1980s London, and his eccentric uncle Radhesh.

Presenter: Samira Ahmed
Producer: Rebecca Armstrong.

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Chapters

  • The Casual Vacancy

    Duration: 05:39

  • Harriet Walters and Guy Paul

    Duration: 08:39

  • The Folio Prize 2015 shortlist

    Duration: 05:16

  • Amit Chaudhuri

    Duration: 07:50

The Casual Vacancy

The Casual Vacancy

begins Sunday 15 February on Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ 1 at 9pm

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Harriet Walters and Guy Paul

Harriet Walters and Guy Paul

runs at the Trafalgar Studios in London from 5 February until 7 March

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Amit Chaudhuri

Amit Chaudhuri

Amit Chaudhuri’s is available now

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The Folio Prize 2015 shortlist

The Folio Prize 2015 shortlist

The winner of the will be announced on 23 March

10:04 by Ben Lerner

All My Puny Sorrows by Miriam Toews

Dept. of Speculation by Jenny Offill

Dust by Yvonne Adhiambo Owuor

Family Life by Akhil Sharma

How to Be Both by Ali Smith

Nora Webster by Colm TΓ³ibΓ­n

Outline by Rachel Cusk

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Presenter Samira Ahmed
Interviewed Guest Harriet Walter
Interviewed Guest Guy Paul
Interviewed Guest Jonathan Myerson
Interviewed Guest Cathy Rentzenbrink
Interviewed Guest Amit Chaudhuri
Producer Rebecca Armstrong

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  • Mon 9 Feb 2015 19:15
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 4

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