Sleuths, Spies & Sorcerers: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes
Andrew Marr deconstructs detective fiction, fantasy epics and spy novels - the books we really read. He unpicks their conventions to show how these books keep us turning the page.
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- Ep 1
1.Detectives
17-10-201660mIn the first episode of a series that explores the books we (really) read, Andrew Marr investigates the curious case of detective fiction. This is a genre that been producing best-...
- Ep 2
2.Fantasy
24-10-201660mWhat is it about stories of magic, epic adventure, and imaginary worlds that has turned fantasy fiction into one of the world's most popular forms of storytelling, regularly fillin...
- Ep 3
3.Spies
31-10-201660mWhat is the allure of the classic espionage story? As Andrew Marr argues in the conclusion to his series about the books we (really) read, the British spy novel is much more than a...
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