Episode 2
Nobel Prize-winning physicist Michael Beard has been humiliated to discover that his fifth wife, Patrice, is having an affair with their builder, Rodney Tarpin.
Hugh Bonneville reads from Ian McEwan's new novel.
Michael Beard, a Nobel Prize-winning physicist whose best work is behind him, has been humiliated to discover that his fifth wife, Patrice, is having an affair with their builder, Rodney Tarpin.
Abridged by Barry Johnston.
A Heavy Entertainment production for BBC Radio 4.
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- Tue 16 Mar 201022:45BBC Radio 4
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