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Radio 4,17 May 2009,30 mins

Michael Palin and Julia O'Faolain

Open Book

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Michael Palin gives his choices for Five of the Best; he traces his love of reading back to his seventh birthday. Two authors who have gone from fighting crime as police officers to writing about it, discuss how walking the mean streets themselves has affected their work. And the author of No Country for Young Men, Julia O'Faolain, explains her 17 year absence.

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