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World Service,07 Feb 2000,28 mins

Zadie Smith interview

Meridian

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The young British novelist talks about her much-hyped debut novel White Teeth. Also on the programme: a new volume of Marcel Proust's letters, the English novelist Helen Dunmore and the Scottish painter Helena McEwan's first foray into fiction. Presented by Harriett Gilbert.

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