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The Smile by Ray Bradbury

In a post-apocalyptic city, traces of past beauty are viewed with derision - even an iconic work of art. Read by Peter Whitman.

What would induce a small boy to queue in the cold at five in the morning?

And what does it have to do with Leonardo da Vinci?

Ray Bradbury's enigmatic tale set in a post-apocalyptic city.

Read by Peter Whitman.

Produced at BBC Bristol by Susan Roberts.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in December 1991.

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15 minutes

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Mon 15 Dec 202500:45
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