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Radio 4,24 Oct 2021,28 mins

Sarah Hall

Open Book

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Elizabeth Day talks to novelist and short story writer Sarah Hall about her latest book. Set around a pandemic with uncanny echoes of today, Burntcoat is a punchy exploration of love, sex and death. It contains many of the hallmarks of Hall's highly regarded previous work which have won earnt two Booker nominations and two BBC National Short Story Awards; imagined yet vivid northern landscapes, mother-daughter relationships and sensual creativity. Also, Federico Andornino, of Weidenfeld & Nicholson, choses for his Editor's Pick next month a dystopian debut about the past, present and future in a divided America. Book List – Sunday 24 October and Thursday 28 October Burntcoat by Sarah Hall Sudden Traveller by Sarah Hall Madame Zero by Sarah Hall The Wolf Border by Sarah Hall The Beautiful Indifference by Sarah Hall How to Paint a Dead Man by Sarah Hall The Carhullan Army by Sarah Hall The Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall Haweswater by Sarah Hall My Monticello by Jocelyn Nicole Johnson Image copyright: Richard Thwaites

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