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Charles Dickens - Great Expectations
Harriett Gilbert talks to Claire Tomalin about Charles Dickens' novel Great Expectations.

Witi Ihimaera - The Whale Rider
Witi Ihimaera, a prominent Maori writer on his book The Whale Rider.

Penelope Lively - Moon Tiger
Penelope Lively talks to Harriett Gilbert about her book Moon Tiger.

David Grossman - To the End of the Land
The Israeli author talks about his book, To the End of the Land

Lionel Shriver - We Need To Talk About Kevin
Harriett Gilbert talks to Lionel Shriver about her novel We Need To Talk About Kevin.

Hisham Matar - In The Country Of Men
Harriett Gilbert talks to Hisham Matar about his debut novel In The Country Of Men.

Colm Toibin - Brooklyn
Poignant tale of young Irish woman trying to make a new life in 1950s New York

Henning Mankell - Faceless Killers
Scandi-noir at its best - Swedish sleuth Kurt Wallander's first murder mystery

Val McDermid - A Place of Execution
Taut psychological suspense thriller set in Peak District that unfolds like a Greek drama

Boris Akunin - The Winter Queen
Detective Erast Fandorin investigates a student's apparent suicide in 19th-century Moscow