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Radio 4,30 Oct 2014,28 mins

Sports Writing

Open Book

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A special edition of Open Book about sports writing. Mariella Frostrup is joined by novelist Philip Kerr, who has just written a murder mystery set in fictional premiership football club; by former England rugby player Brian Moore whose second book is a hair-raising account of life on rugby tour and by critics John Gaustad and Professor Diane Roberts who chose their favourite sports books.

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