Val McDermid on Orlando

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Val chooses Virginia Woolf's novel for Queer Icons, BBC Radio's celebration of LGBTQ culture. Written in 1928, Orlando is about a poet who changes sex from man to woman and lives for centuries, meeting the key figures of English literary history. Val McDermid is a best-selling Scottish crime writer. This Queer Icons interview was broadcast on Open Book. For many more Queer Icons go to Front Row's Queer Icons website.