Producer Neil Rosser talks to narrator Justin Avoth about Francis Brett Young (1884–1954) and his rich, resonant ‘Mercian’ novels set around the Black Country, West Midlands – My Brother Jonathan, Portrait of Clare and The House Under the Water and Mr Lucton’s Freedom.
Justin has felt a deep personal connection to the novels, having grown up in the area; several times he has been stunned to recognise remote places described and renamed as places he visited in his childhood.
A fascinating discussion which serves as a small introduction to some very special works of fiction.
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