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Weddings and Beheadings

Shiv Grewal reads Hanif Kureishi's short story. In a land where the rule of law has disintegrated, a young man who once dreamed of making films finds himself facing a bleak future.

By Hanif Kureshi.

A story short listed for this year鈥檚 National Short Story Prize, the award created to celebrate the best in contemporary British short fiction.

In this hard hitting and chilling story we journey to an unnamed country where the rule of law has disintegrated. The narrative voice is that of a young man who once dreamed of making cinema, but now finds himself facing a bleak and frightening future.

10 minutes

Last on

Tue 29 May 2007 21:00

Broadcast

  • Tue 29 May 2007 21:00