On the 5 September 2003, New York illusionist David Blaine entered a small Perspex box adjacent to the River Thames and commenced starving himself. 44 days later he left the box, four stone lighter. The stunt provoked a national debate.
Author, Nicola Barker tells Jenni Murray whyÌýthe furore inspired her to writeÌýher latestÌýnovel, Clear and why she deliberately set out to enrage peopleÌýwith herÌýbook.
Ìý Nicola Barker's Clear: A Transparent Novel is published by Fourth Estate, ISBN 000719241X
ClearÌýhas been included in the Booker 2004 long list. The Booker shorlist is announced on 21ÌýSeptember
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