Book of the Week

2. Never Let Me Go. Highlights from an entertaining and idiosyncratic series of essays from James Wood, the leading literary critic of his generation. It's a collection which ranges widely, from a loving analysis of Keith Moon's drum technique to the intentions, gifts and limitations of some of our most celebrated modern novelists, including Kazuo Ishiguro and Ian McEwan. 2. KAZUO ISHIGURO: NEVER LET ME GO Wood considers a masterwork that melds sci-fi with literary fiction - a cloning story that 'combines the fantastic and realistic till we can no longer separate them'. Abridged by Eileen Horne Reader: Peter Firth Produced by Clive Brill A Pacificus production for BBC Radio 4.