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Ben Okri's Dangerous Love

Ben Okri talks about why he set his new book, Dangerous Love, in 1970s Lagos

Ben Okri talks about why he set his new book, Dangerous Love, in 1970s Lagos, where his hero is a young painter working hard to capture the world around him, as well as the heart of a married neighbour. Plus, shortlist announced for a new literary prize for fiction written by women, the Orange Prize; Peter Godwin's new memoir, Mukiwa; and Doris Lessing talks about Love Again, her new novel about a woman falling in love in her 60s.

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