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Hari Kunzru speaks to Shahidha Bari about his new novel, Blue Ruin, about money's influence on art. Plus the writing of historical crime fiction writer CJ Sansom. Following his sad passing two fellow writers guide us through his work and life: his friend William Shaw, who writes as GW Shaw, and also Stephanie Merritt, pen name SJ Parris. And an audio postcard from Istanbul. Writer Andrew Finkel has lived there for over thirty years and describes how novelists have variously tried to unlock the city’s mysteries. Presenter: Shahidha Bari Producer: Emma Wallace Book List – Sunday 12 May Blue Ruin by Hari Kunzru White Tears by Hari Kunzru Red Pill by Hari Kunzru The Impressionist by Hari Kunzru Dissolution by C. J. Sansom Heartstone by C.J. Sansom Revelation by C.J. Sansom The Shardlake Series by C. J. Sansom Dominion by C. J. Sansom Tombland by C. J. Sansom Sovereign by C. J. Sansom Winter in Madrid by C. J. Sansom The Wild Swimmers by William Shaw Alchemy by S. J. Parris The Adventure of the Second Wife by Andrew Finkel Istanbul: The Imperial City by John Freely Candide by Voltaire Orlando by Virginia Woolf Fog by Tevik Fikret Sailing to Byzantium by WB Yeats Stamboul Train by Graham Greene The Djinn in the Nightingale's Eye: Five Fairy Stories by A.S. Byatt The Maltese Falcon by Samuel Dashiell Hammett
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