Sunday 16:00-16:30, repeated Thursday 16:00-16:30, except first Sunday in the month when it is replaced by Book Club.
Open Book spotlights new fiction and non-fiction, picks out the best of the paperbacks, talks to authors and publishers, and unearths lost masterpieces.
This week
Sunday 9 October 2005
In a special extended interview for Open Book, Mariella Frostrup talks to crime writer P D James.
P D James is one of our most successful and critically acclaimed crime writers. She wrote her first book, 'Cover Her Face', over forty years ago and now, aged 85, she is publishing her latest Dalgliesh mystery, 'The Lighthouse'. In this special programme she talks to Mariella Frostrup about the appeal of crime writing, her views on marriage and motherhood, and getting older.
Books by P D James:
The Lighthouse Publisher: Faber and Faber (10 Oct.) ISBN: 0571229182
Cover Her Face Publisher: Faber and Faber ISBN: 0571204902
A Mind to Murder Publisher: Faber and Faber ISBN: 0571204155
Unnatural Causes Publisher: Faber and Faber ISBN: 0571204104
Shroud for a Nightingale Publisher: Faber and Faber ISBN: 0571204058
An Unsuitable Job for a Woman Publisher: Faber and Faber ISBN: 0571203892
The Black Tower Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 0140129553
Death of an Expert Witness Publisher: Faber and Faber ISBN: 0571204201
Innocent Blood Publisher: Faber and Faber ISBN: 0571203949
The Skull Beneath the Skin Publisher: Faber and Faber ISBN: 057120399X
A Taste for Death Publisher: Faber and Faber ISBN: 0571229603
Devices and Desires Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 0140132910
The Children of Men Publisher: Faber and Faber ISBN: 0571204007
Original Sin Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 0140245510
A Certain Justice Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 0140274685
Death in Holy Orders Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 0141004789
The Murder Room Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 0141015535
