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Cressida Connolly, Posthumous short stories, Iraqi postcard

Cressida Connolly talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel After the Party, and posthumous short stories from three writers who were masters of the genre.

Cressida Connolly talks to Mariella Frostrup about her new novel After the Party. Three sisters from a privileged Sussex family are caught up in the rise in popularity of Oswald Mosley's British Union of Fascists during the summer of 1938.

Mariella talks to Chris Power and Peter Kemp about newly published collections of short stories from three recently departed masters of the genre, Helen Dunmore, William Trevor and Denis Johnson.

And a unique view of the book world of Baghdad from the Iraqi author of Frankenstein in Baghdad, Ahmed Saadawi.

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28 minutes

Last on

Thu 14 Jun 2018 15:30

Chapters

  • Cressida Connolly

    Duration: 08:22

  • Posthumous short stories

    Duration: 12:58

  • A literary postcard from Bhagdad

    Duration: 05:20

Credits

Role Contributor
Presenter Mariella Frostrup
Interviewed Guest Cressida Connolly
Interviewed Guest Chris Power
Interviewed Guest Peter Kemp
Interviewed Guest Ahmed Saadawi

Broadcasts

  • Sun 10 Jun 2018 16:00
  • Thu 14 Jun 2018 15:30

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