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Bookworm for November 11, 2007
1:00 PM - 1:30 PM
[Program Website]
Today's Highlight: "Death of a Murderer ," by Rupert Thomson, (Knopf)
A factual series of murders provides the background for this novel: the Moor Murders that haunted the British imagination in the 1960's. The book traces a day in the life of a policeman who has been assigned to sit in the morgue, guarding the Moor Murderer's body. The policeman spends twelve hours reliving those murders, talking with a ghost and regretting his life. We spend a mere half hour on the nature of evil.
A must for the serious reader, "Bookworm" showcases writers of fiction and poetry - the established, new or emerging - all interviewed with insight and precision by the show's host and guiding spirit, Michael Silverblatt.
A man who converses on an equal plane with writers of fiction and poetry, often surprising them with his insights, Michael Silverblatt has made "Bookworm" the country's premier literary talk-show. His secret, says Norman Mailer, who has subjected himself three times to the "Bookworm's" scrutiny, is that "he's the best reader in America." Silverblatt's formidable knowledge comes from close reading and analysis of a writer's entire oeuvre.
A New York native, Silverblatt graduated from the State University of New York in Buffalo and later took advanced courses at Johns Hopkins. He moved to Los Angeles in the mid-1970s where he worked in motion picture public relations and script development. He created "Bookworm" for KCRW-FM in 1989.
An audio cassette copy of an individual broadcast is available for $15.00. Copies of additional broadcasts, ordered at the same time, are $10.00 each. Send request with check (made payable to Bookworm) to: Bookworm c/o KCRW, 1900 Pico Blvd., Santa Monica, CA 90405. Or call for a complete catalog. (310)450-5183. Transcripts of Bookworm are not available.
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