The Axon Road Show

Dramatisation of Jonathan Franzen's sparkling 2001 novel about the tribulations of a dysfunctional Midwestern family, starring Richard Schiff (The West Wing), Richard Laing and Roslyn Hill. Dramatised by Marcy Kahan.

Episode 7: The Axon Road Show - Gary Lambert is determined to buy significant shares in the biotech company that has bought his father's patent for a measly sum. He takes his sister, Denise, along for moral support. But all does not go according to plan...

Directed by Emma Harding

The Corrections was awarded the National Book Award in 2001, the James Tait Black Memorial Prize in 2002. It was included in TIME magazine's list of the 100 best English-language novels since 1923.

Jonathan Franzen is the author of four novels (Freedom, The Corrections, Strong Motion, and The Twenty-Seventh City), two collections of essays (Farther Away, How to Be Alone), a personal history (The Discomfort Zone).

Marcy Kahan is a playwright and radio dramatist. Recent radio work includes two series of Lunch for BBC Radio 4 (starring Claire Skinner and Stephen Mangan) and Mr Bridger's Orphan. Theatre work includes 20 Cigarettes (Soho Theatre) and the stage version of When Harry Met Sally (Theatre Royal Haymarket).