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Matthew Kneale
James Naughtie is joined by author Matthew Kneale, whose book English Passengers won Whitbread Book of the Year in 2000. They discuss this rampant and ambitious piece of writing that deals with big ideas like radical theory, genocide and Darwinism, yet is hilarious too.
Last on
Sun 3 Sep 2006
16:00
BBC Radio 4
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- Sun 3 Sep 2006 16:00BBC Radio 4
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