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Radio 4,14 Jun 2024,14 mins

The Invention of Abandonment

Short Works

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Andy Clark reads a new short work from Malachy Tallack. Midway through a familiar journey at the end of an unremarkable day events take a turn, and a man is left combing the past in search of answers. Read by Andy Clark Producer: Eilidh McCreadie Malachy Tallack is from Shetland and is a singer-songwriter as well as an award-winning writer of fiction and non-fiction.

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