Jim Crace - Quarantine
Jim Crace discusses his Booker-shortlisted novel Quarantine, with James Naughtie and a group of readers. Recorded at the Stratford-Upon-Avon Literary Festival.
Jim Crace talks about his novel Quarantine. The novel is a re-working of the biblical account of Jesus' forty days spent in the wilderness; and, he says, has its roots in a 'Care in the Community' hostel in Moseley, Birmingham.
First published in 1997, it was shortlisted for that year's Booker Prize for Fiction.
James Naughtie presents and a group of readers ask the questions. Recorded at the Stratford-Upon-Avon Literature Festival.
July's Bookclub choice : The Time Traveller's Wife by Audrey Niffenegger
Producer : Dymphna Flynn.
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Jim Crace discusses his 1997 best-seller Quarantine
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Jim Crace on Quarantine
Duration: 01:12
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- Sun 2 Jun 2013 16:00±«Óãtv Radio 4 FM
- Thu 6 Jun 2013 15:30±«Óãtv Radio 4
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