Bernard MacLaverty
James Naughtie and readers meet Northern Irish writer Bernard MacLaverty to discuss his Booker Prize-shortlisted novel Grace Notes.
James Naughtie and readers meet Northern Irish writer Bernard MacLaverty to discuss his Booker Prize-shortlisted novel Grace Notes, which concerns a young female composer very much in a man's world. Now living in Scotland, MacLaverty returns to his native Belfast especially for the recording of the programme.
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- Sun 5 Jul 200916:00BBC Radio 4 FM
- Thu 9 Jul 200916:00BBC Radio 4 FM
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