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Radio 2,13 mins

James Patterson - Interview

Simon Mayo Drivetime

Available for over a year

The man who Ian Rankin calls "The Boss" talks to Simon about supporting independent bookshops and his latest action-packed narrative, NYPD RED 2 which pits New York's best detectives against New York's biggest cases. In case you don't know, James Patterson is the creator of Alex Cross and a founding partner of Booktrust's Children's Reading Fund. He's also sold more books than there are grains of sand in the desert.

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