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Michael Palin and Julia O'Faolain

Mariella Frostrup talks to Michael Palin about his Five of the Best and two former police officers reveal why they decided to swap crime for crime fiction.

Michael Palin gives his choices for Five of the Best; he traces his love of reading back to his seventh birthday.

Two authors who have gone from fighting crime as police officers to writing about it, discuss how walking the mean streets themselves has affected their work.

And the author of No Country for Young Men, Julia O'Faolain, explains her 17 year absence.

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Thu 21 May 200916:00
BBC Radio 4 FM

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  • MICHAEL PALIN

    Michael Palin gives his choices for Five of the Best; he traces his love of reading back to his seventh birthday.

    Duration: 13:40

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  • Sun 17 May 200916:00
    BBC Radio 4 FM
  • Thu 21 May 200916:00
    BBC Radio 4 FM

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