Anne Tyler, author of A Spool of Blue Thread

Tyler’s finely tuned portrait of domestic life across several generations, shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2015.

29 July 2015

8 minutes

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Open Book—Anne Tyler on her new novel A Spool of Blue Thread

Man Booker Prize Shortlist 2015
Authors on the shortlist for this year's Man Booker prize talk about the nominated books.

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