Take Four Books

By: BBC Radio 4
  • Summary

  • Presenter James Crawford looks at an author's latest work and delves further into their creative process by learning about the three other texts that have shaped their writing.

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Episodes
  • Paul Theroux
    Jan 19 2025

    The award-winning travel writer and novelist Paul Theroux talks to Take Four Books about his latest short story collection - The Vanishing Point - and explores three other works that have helped to shape his writing. Paul's choices were: A Simple Heart by Gustave Flaubert (1877); Two Brothers by V S Pritchett (1932); and Riders In The Chariot by Patrick White (1961).

    Producer: Dominic Howell Editor: Annie McGuire This was a BBC Audio Scotland production

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    28 mins
  • Jonathan Coe
    Jan 12 2025

    This week Take Four Books, presented by James Crawford, speaks to the award-winning writer Jonathan Coe about his new novel - The Proof Of My Innocence - and explores its connections to three other literary works. Jonathan's three influencing texts were: The Pledge by Friedrich Durrenmatt; Good As Gold by Joseph Heller; and Unexplained Laughter by Alice Thomas Ellis.

    Producer: Dom Howell Editor: Annie McGuire This was a BBC AUDIO SCOTLAND production

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    30 mins
  • Rachelle Atalla
    Dec 29 2024

    Presenter James Crawford speaks to the writer Rachelle Atalla about her new novel, The Salt Flats, and explores its connections to three other literary works. The books that Rachelle chose were: Women With Men by Richard Ford (1997); Wake In Fright by Kenneth Cook (1961); and Oryx And Crake by Margaret Atwood (2003).

    Producer: Dom Howell Editor: Annie Maguire This was a BBC Audio Scotland production.

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    28 mins

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