Take Four Books is an Arts programme.

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Take Four Books

James Crawford speaks to award-winning novelist Amitav Ghosh about his new book, Ghost Eye. For his three influences, Amitav chose The Hungry Stones by Rabindranath Tagore, The Willows by Algernon Blackwood, and Is a River Alive? by Robert Macfarlane.

Genre: Arts

Running Time: 30 minutes (approx)

When is Take Four Books next on TV?

It's next showing on BBC Radio 4 Tomorrow, 12:15am and on BBC Radio 4 Tomorrow, 4:00pm. See more...

Main Cast

James Crawford
Gillian Wheelan
Amitav Ghosh
Katie Kitamura
Annie McGuire
Karl Ove Knausgaard
Gurnaik Johal
Colm Tóibín
Ocean Vuong
Graeme Macrae Burnet
Wendy Erskine
Andrew O'Hagan
Madeleine Thien
Tessa Hadley
Laurent Binet
Susan Barker
Gwendoline Riley
Solvej Balle
Susan Choi
Jennifer Niven