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Mrs Hawkins gets a new job and comes to believe that Hector Bartlett drove Wanda to suicide. Read by Maggie Service.

Muriel Spark's playful and autobiographical novel set amid London's post-war publishing scene.

Still grieving after Wanda's tragic death, Nancy Hawkins is heading for an interview with a new literary magazine.

Read by Maggie Service
Abridged by Rosemary Goring
Producer: Eilidh McCreadie.

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in January 2018.

15 minutes

Last on

Fri 30 Apr 202102:00
BBC Radio 4 Extra

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Credits

ReaderMaggie Service
AuthorMuriel Spark
AbridgerRosemary Goring
ProducerEilidh McCreadie

Broadcasts

  • Thu 18 Jan 201822:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Thu 29 Apr 202114:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 30 Apr 202102:00
    BBC Radio 4 Extra