James Salter
Tuesday 20 March 2007 21:45-22:30 (Radio 3)
Camoflage exhibition at the Imperial War Museum
Venezuelan paratroopers wearing Camoflage
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James Salter
James Salter is a writer's writer. Michael Ondaatje confessed that he simply couldn't bring himself to put down Salter's memoir 'Burning The Days'.
Its dazzling prose tells the story of a generation as well as following the trajectory of his own life from American fighter pilot in the Korean War to screenwriter for Robert Redford.
This month many of James Salter's classic books are being re-issued. He talks to Philip Dodd about his life and his work.
'Last Night', a collection of short stories by James Salter, is published by Picador.
Camouflage
Philip is also joined by Patrick Wright, author of Tank, and the design critic, Martin Raymond to discuss camouflage.
A huge show at the Imperial War Museum charts the development of camouflage from the First World War to the present day and its assimilation into popular culture.
The accompanying book 'Camouflage' by Tim Newark is released by Thames & Hudson in association with the Imperial War Museum.
Britain's abolition of the slave trade
Night Waves looks ahead to some of the scores of events arranged to mark the anniversary of Britain's abolition of the slave trade.
Novelist Patrick Wilmot and the film maker and historian, David Olusoga, whose television documentaries on racism have been included in the BBC's slavery season, discuss the the bicentenary.
