Donal Ryan discusses his book The Spinning Heart with a group of readers, It's a powerful, moving novel told through twenty one individual voices. Set in Ireland in the immediate aftermath of the Celtic Tiger 'boom' years, each character reveals how the sudden and dramatic 'bust' affected their lives. At the centre is Bobby Mahon, once a respected and reliable foreman for a building company who suddenly loses his job when the firm's owner disappears overnight.
Presenter: James Naughtie Producer: Nicola Holloway
Upcoming recordings:
13 December at 1830 at BBC Broadcasting House, London - Elly Griffiths is our guide to The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins
24 January 2024 at 1830 at BBC Broadcasting House, London - Graeme Macrae Burnet discusses His Bloody Project
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Nicholas Shakespeare: Six Minutes in May
Clare Chambers: Small Pleasures
Ann Cleeves: Hidden Depths
Graeme Macrae Burnet: His Bloody Project
The Moonstone by Wilkie Collins, with Elly Griffiths
Katherine Heiny: Standard Deviation
Bernardine Evaristo: Mr Loverman
Denise Mina: The Long Drop
Mick Herron: Slow Horses
Julian Barnes: Arthur and George
Mary Lawson: Crow Lake
Sarah Winman: Tin Man
Tan Twan Eng: The Garden of Evening Mists
Nadifa Mohamed: The Fortune Men
Cal Flyn: Islands of Abandonment
Ross King: Brunelleschi's Dome
AJ Pearce: Dear Mrs Bird
Juan Gabriel Vasquez: The Sound of Things Falling
Curtis Sittenfeld: American Wife
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