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Review Show: I Swear film and The Poems of Seamus Heaney

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Alexander Larman and Susannah Clapp join Tom to discuss I Swear, a film which tells the life story of John Davidson MBE who was diagnosed with Tourette's age 15.

They also talk about Thomas Pynchon's new novel Shadow Ticket.

Booker shortlisted novelist Tibor Fischer assesses the Hungarian writer László Krasznahorkai who has won the Nobel Prize in Literature.

As the complete works of Seamus Heaney is published, Owen McDonnell reads the previously unpublished poem Swallow.

Plus, Tom and guests discuss Susan Sarandon’s UK debut on stage in Tracy Letts’ play, Mary Page Marlowe.

Presenter: Tom Sutcliffe
Producer: Claire Bartleet

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