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Colm TΓ³ibΓn: I had to build up to the idea of a son killing his mother
The writer explains the challenges of retelling a Greek drama.
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Literature—Hay Festival, 2017
Conversations with - and about - great novelists, at the 2017 Hay Festival.
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