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Chloe Aridjis

The EssayA Taste for the Baroque
Episode 4 of 5

Chloe Aridjis, Mexican novelist, on the survival of home-grown baroque - from ecclesiastical architecture to murder - in Mexico. Recorded with an audience at St George's Bristol. Producer: Tim Dee.

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Thu 28 Mar 201322:45
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