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A re-appraisal of the life and work of travel writer and novelist Bruce Chatwin, as his biographer Nicholas Shakespeare reveals where his fiction meets the truth of his life.

A major re-appraisal of the life and work of travel writer and novelist Bruce Chatwin. A highly charismatic and contradictory character, books like In Patagonia changed the nature of travel writing.

Nicholas Shakespeare journeys the five continents in Chatwin's footsteps, revealing where his fiction meets the truth of his life. Featuring contributions from the real-life characters of Chatwin's novels, plus his wife Elizabeth, Salman Rushdie, Colin Thubron, Robert Erskine and Francis Wyndham.

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Tue 10 Aug 2010 02:30

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Presenter Nicholas Shakespeare
Writer Nicholas Shakespeare
Producer Paul Yule
Director Paul Yule

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