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Radio 4,19 Sep 2016,14 mins

Long Distance by David Szalay

Short Works

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A man drives a lorry through Europe and sleeps in the cabin at service stations. It's always the same, drive and sleep. Then one night there's a knock on the cabin door. David Szalay's short story read by Paul Hilton. The first of five tales originally commissioned to celebrate the BBC National Short Story Award shortlist in 2016. Producer: Duncan Minshull First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2016.

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