Last updated: 5 january, 2011 - 17:41 GMT
World Book Club
Harriett Gilbert talks to the acclaimed German writer Bernhard Schlink about his explosively controversial novel, The Reader, at the Cheltenham Literary Festival.
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Made into an Oscar-winning Hollywood film with Kate Winslet, The Reader tells of law student Michael Berg who - nearly a decade after his affair with an older woman came to a mysterious end - re-encounters his former lover as she defends herself in a war-crime trial.
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For February's World Book Club Harriett Gilbert talks to gonzo journalist PJ O'Rourke about Eat the Rich.
His interview will be broadcast on BBC World Service on 5 February 2011.
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