Pulitzer Prize winner Richard Powers goes head to head with bestselling novelist Sebastian Faulks, in a war of the words.

These two great writers discuss their work and inspirations, why humans are so fragile, writing in the wilderness, the future of the planet, and give us a few book recommendations along the way too.

In the Book Off, they pitch Marcel Proust's "In Search Of Lost Time" against "Say Nothing" by Patrick Radden Keefe - but which one will win?

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