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World Service,20 Jul 1999,28 mins

J. M. Coetzee's latest novel of post-Apartheid Life

Meridian

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Discussion of how Disgrace by J.M. Coetzee addresses sex and politics in post-Apartheid South Africa. Plus, buying lunch and books together in Mexico; Neil Schaeffer's new biography of the Marquis de Sade asks if he was pornographer or radical philosoper; Sarah Champion talks about editing the travel book Fortune Hotel: Twisted Travel Stories. Presented by Harriett Gilbert

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