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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
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Michelle Pauli

Guardian book club: John Banville talks to John Mullan

As part of its monthly book club, the Guardian hosts a live discussion between the author of the book in question and UCL professor of English, John Mullan.

This month the book under discussion is The Untouchable, John Banville's fictionalised version of the well-known story of the art historian and notorious spy Anthony Blunt. John Banville, winner of last year's Booker prize with The Sea, talks to John Mullan about literary style, the role of the artist in society, and, of course, Anthony Blunt.

Click here to listen to their conversation on your computer (MP3; 38mins), or paste http://blogs.guardian.co.uk/culturevulture/podcast.xml into the Podcasts bit of iTunes or your RSS reader, to subscribe to the Culture Vulture feed and receive all the Vulture's podcasts as they become available.

And if you'd like to have your say on The Untouchable, join in the discussion on our Book Club blog.

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