Cressida Connolly, Posthumous short stories, Iraqi postcard
Cressida Connolly talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel After the Party, and posthumous short stories from three writers who were masters of the genre.
Cressida Connolly talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel After the Party. Three sisters from a privileged Sussex family are caught up in the rise in popularity of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists during the summer of 1938.
Mariella talks to Chris Power and Peter Kemp about newly published collections of short stories from three recently departed masters of the genre, Helen Dunmore, William Trevor and Denis Johnson.
And a unique view of the book world of Baghdad from the Iraqi author of Frankenstein in Baghdad, Ahmed Saadawi.
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Role Contributor Presenter Mariella Frostrup Interviewed Guest Cressida Connolly Interviewed Guest Chris Power Interviewed Guest Peter Kemp Interviewed Guest Ahmed Saadawi Broadcasts
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