Robert Harris discusses his latest novel The Fear Index

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Robert Harris talks about his latest book The Fear Index with Mariella Frostrup and discusses why he wanted to base it around the money orientated world of Swiss Hedge Fund managers, why this type of trading completely surprised him and why he's doing the screenplay for the film version of this book himself. The Iliad, attributed to the Greek poet Homer, is one of the most influential books of the last two thousand seven hundred years. This epic poem takes place over just a few weeks during the final months of the decade long siege of Troy. With three new translations to choose from and two new books based on this story just published, we discover the Iliad's unprecedented appeal. The winner of the prestigious Man Booker prize will be announced on the 18th October and this year the shortlist has raised a few eyebrows as two of the six finalists are debut novels - Pigeon English by Stephen Kelman and Snowdrops by AD Miller. Suzi Feay discusses if this is the place for new writing and how to find that great first novel. Producer: Andrea Kidd.