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 16 July 2006
Mariella Frostrup is joined by Louise Welsh whose latest novel The Bullet Trick is set in the seedy burlesque clubs of Berlin and London.
The Bullet Trick
Louise Welsh's latest book The Bullet Trick tells the story of young magician and illusionist, William Wilson, who is down on his luck and reduced to working in seedy burlesque clubs. Caught up in a blackmail plot he escapes to Berlin where he finds his problems have only just begun.
The Bullet Trick (Hardcover) - Louise Welsh Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd ASIN: 1841958034
The Cutting Room - Louise Welsh Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd ISBN: 1841954047
Tamburlaine Must Die - Louise Welsh Publisher: Canongate Books Ltd ISBN: 184195604X
Summer Reading
James Runcie, Liz Rigbey and Kathryn Hughes give their recommendations for summer reading - in the city, on the beach and in the countryside.
James Runcie's city reads:
Woods Etc. - Alice Oswald Publisher: Faber and Faber ISBN: 0571218539
The Woman in White - Wilkie Collins Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 0140620249
Runaway - Alice Munro Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0099472252
Liz Rigbey's beach reads:
War and Peace - Leo Tolstoy Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 0141025115
A Patchwork Planet - Anne Tyler Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0099272687
Strangers on a Train - Patricia Highsmith Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0099283077
Kathryn Hughes' country reads:
Cider with Rosie - Laurie Lee Publisher: Vintage ISBN: 0099285665
My Family and Other Animals - Gerald Durrell Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd ISBN: 0140282599
The Cloudspotter's Guide: The Science, History, and Culture of Clouds - Gavin Pretor-Pinney Publisher: Perigee Books ISBN: 0399532560
99 Ways to Tell a Story: Exercises in Style The graphic novelist Matt Madden's latest book takes a very simple story and presents 98 variations on the theme - including showing the story as manga, in map form and as a previously unseen panel of the Bayeux tapestry. Madden reveals his inspiration for the project and the ways in which graphic novels are equipped to tackle tragedy as well as comic stories.
99 Ways to Tell a Story - Matt Madden Publisher: Jonathan Cape ASIN: 0224079255
