{"product_id":"book-i57d","title":"Elizabeth Bowen: A BBC Radio Full-Cast Drama Collection","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eA collection of full-cast dramas from one of Ireland's foremost writers - plus Elizabeth Bowen's thoughts on the novelist's craft\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eElizabeth Bowen was one of the 20th century's most distinctive writers. An associate of the Bloomsbury Set, she was a keen observer of upper-middle-class life and relationships. Best known for her novels of the Anglo-Irish gentry and wartime London, her fiction displays recurring themes of loss, rootlessness and displacement. This collection contains five of Bowen's best-loved works, and hears from the author herself in three radio talks on the art of novel-writing.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heat of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e - London, 1942. When Stella discovers that her lover, Robert, is suspected of selling secrets to the enemy, she finds herself caught between two men: one a potential spy, the other a blackmailer... A compelling tale of love, espionage and betrayal, in one of the quintessential depictions of London during World War II, starring \u003cb\u003eHarriet Walter, Michael Maloney\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eBill Nighy\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 28 Nov 1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe House in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e - Even as she lays dying, scheming Madame Fisher manipulates the lives of young Henrietta and Leopold. But will her own secrets and lies ever be revealed? \u003cb\u003eSara Kestelman\u003c\/b\u003e stars in this enthralling story of deception, scandal and death.\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 3-17 Jul 1994\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last September\u003c\/i\u003e - 1920, Danielstown, County Cork. Poised on the brink of womanhood, Lois flirts and dances with English officers at society parties- but the Troubles are closing in, and her world is about to change irrevocably. This evocative coming-of-age tale stars \u003cb\u003eAnna Healy\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eGreg Wise\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 9-16 Sep 1996\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Confidant \u003c\/i\u003e- Starring \u003cb\u003eCathy Belton\u003c\/b\u003e and \u003cb\u003eFionnuala Murphy\u003c\/b\u003e, this penetrating short story, set in 1920s Cork, revolves around a couple in a clandestine relationship and the woman who keeps all their secrets.\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 2 Nov 1998\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Demon Lover\u003c\/i\u003e - Mrs Drover nervously returns to her deserted London house in the Blitz to find a letter on the hall table - a reminder of a special rendezvous she cannot fully recollect... \u003cb\u003eMaggie Steed\u003c\/b\u003e stars in Elizabeth Bowen's eerie ghost story.\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Radio 4, 17 Jul 1997\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eTruth and Fiction\u003c\/i\u003e - In these three talks about the art of writing fiction, Elizabeth Bowen discusses the importance of story, people and time in establishing a novel's 'truth'.\u003cbr\u003eFirst broadcast BBC Home Service Basic, 26 Sep-10 Oct 1956\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eNB: Due to the age of the source material, the sound quality of Truth and Fiction may vary \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Last September \u003c\/i\u003ecopyright © Elizabeth Bowen 1929, 1952\u003cbr\u003eCopyright renewed\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe House in Paris\u003c\/i\u003e copyright © Elizabeth Cameron 1935\u003cbr\u003eCopyright © renewed by Elizabeth D. C. Cameron 1963\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Heat of the Day\u003c\/i\u003e copyright © Elizabeth Bowen 1948\u003cbr\u003eCopyright © renewed by Spencer Curtis and Graham August Watson 1976\u003cbr\u003e'The Confidant' and 'The Demon Lover' copyright © 1923, 1945\u003cbr\u003eCopyright © Curtis Brown Ltd, 1980\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e© 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd. (P) 2023 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Penguin UK","offers":[{"title":"Audiobook","offer_id":49353424470320,"sku":"BDi57d","price":14.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0879\/2784\/9264\/files\/i57d-cover.jpg?v=1758173112","url":"https:\/\/downpour.com\/products\/book-i57d","provider":"Downpour","version":"1.0","type":"link"}