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Radio 4,24 Jan 2016,28 mins

Gail Jones

Open Book

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Mariella Frostrup talks to award winning Australian novelist Gail Jones whose latest book A Guide to Berlin takes its title from a Nabokov short story and is about six characters who share a fascination with his works. Lisa McInerney curates her selection of contemporary fiction writing from Ireland which tackles the changing role of Catholicism in the country. Also on the programme crime writer Chris Brookmyre reveals the Book He'd Never Lend.

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