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The Radio 2 Book Club: with Imran Mahmood

Debut author and lawyer Imran Mahmood joins Simon for the Radio 2 Book Club to discuss his novel You Don't Know Me - a story told completely in the first person from a courtroom.

Debut author and lawyer Imran Mahmood joins Simon for the Radio 2 Book Club to talk about his novel, You Don't Know Me - a story told completely in the first person from a courtroom. As well as discussing the book - we'll also hear from our listener reviewers.

About the Book:

An unnamed defendant stands accused of murder. Just before the Closing Speeches, the young man sacks his lawyer, and decides to give his own defence speech.

He tells us that his barrister told him to leave some things out. Sometimes, the truth can be too difficult to explain, or believe. But he thinks that if he's going to go down for life, he might as well go down telling the truth.

There are eight pieces of evidence against him. As he talks us through them one by one, his life is in our hands. We, the reader - member of the jury - must keep an open mind till we hear the end of his story. His defence raises many questions... but at the end of the speeches, only one matters:

Did he do it?

1 hour, 55 minutes

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Mon 5 Jun 2017 17:05
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    • Billy Joel - Greatest Hits Vol.2.
    • CBS.

  • Sheryl Crow

    Be Myself

    • (CD Single).
    • A&M.
    • 001.

  • Gotye

    Somebody That I Used To Know (feat. Kimbra)

    • (CD Single).
    • Island.
    • 1.

  • Carey Johnson

    Real Fashion Reggae Style

    • Real Fashion Reggae Style.
    • 10 Records.
    • 1.

  • Stevie Wonder

    He's Misstra Know-It-All

    • Stevie Wonder - Song Review.
    • Motown.

  • Hurts

    Beautiful Ones

    • (CD Single).
    • Sony Music Entertainment.

  • Tracey Ullman

    They Don't Know

    • You Broke My Heart In 17 Places.
    • Stiff.

  • ABC

    When Smokey Sings

    • Now 1987 - The Millennium Series.
    • EMI.

  • Mike + the Mechanics

    The Best Is Yet To Come

    • (CD Single).
    • BMG Rights Management.
    • 004.

  • Foreigner

    I Want To Know What Love Is

    • Burning Hearts (Various Artists).
    • Telstar.

  • Niall Horan

    Slow Hands

    • (CD Single).
    • Virgin.

  • Linx

    Intuition

    • More Greatest Hits Of 80's (Various).
    • Disky.

  • Adele

    Rolling In The Deep

    • (CD Single).
    • XL.
    • 1.

  • Pharrell Williams & Marcus Mumford

    Get Lucky (One Love Manchester, 4 June 2017)

  • Lightnin’ Hopkins

    Sittin' Down Thinkin'

    • Raw Blues Volume 1.
    • Proper Records Ltd.
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Broadcast

  • Mon 5 Jun 2017 17:05
    Βι¶ΉΤΌΕΔ Radio 2