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Radio 4,12 Aug 2018,28 mins

Claire Fuller, Neil Gaiman, Iranian fiction

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Claire Fuller talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel Bitter Orange and the appeal of the crumbling country house as a setting. Neil Gaiman explains why forgotten classic Lud-in-the-Mist by Hope Mirrlees deserves a wider readership. What does the combination of sanctions and censorship mean for Iran's writers? The Guardian's Saeed Kamali Dehghan and publisher Azadeh Parsapour discuss. And Carrie Plitt, agent at Felicity Bryan Associates recommends Sally Rooney's Normal People for our monthly Editor's Tip.

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