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Legendary literary agent: “I turned down House of Cardsâ€

Ed Victor is a literary agent who represents a client list including Nigella Lawson, Alastair Campbell, Keith Richards and Rupert Everett. His agency celebrates its 40th birthday this year and he is generally acknowledged to be a game-changer in the world of book publishing - elevating agents to key players in the publication process. During his career he nurtured the talents of Douglas Adams and Iris Murdoch who would go years without contacting him and then would call him up every couple of years to say: "Ed, I've written a novel." Ed Victor talks to Libby Purves, actor Bradley Walsh, novelist Salley Vickers and Rabbi Debbie Young-Somers.

First broadcast on Midweek, 30 November 2016.

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