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World Service,04 Sep 2012,18 mins

04/09/2012

The Strand

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The best of the world's arts, film, music and literature brought to you every day. Presented by Mark Coles. On today's programme: We talk to Australian director John Hillcoat about his new gangster movie Lawless (pictured), set in Prohibition-era Virginia. To mark the 200th anniversary of the Brothers Grimm we are looking at the tradition of fairy tales around the world - starting with Ghana and the writer Nii Ayikwei Parkes. And Trinidadian writer Lawrence Scott talks about his new novel, Light Falling on Bamboo. Image: Scene from Lawless

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