Front Row - 04/01/2010
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Arts news and reviews with Mark Lawson. The Costa Book Awards; the latest Meryl Streep rom-com; author Walter Mosley.
The 2009 Costa Book Awards are announced live on Front Row by the award's director, Bud McLintock. The categories are Novel, First Novel, Biography, Poetry and Children's Book. Critics Alex Clarke and Michael Prodger discuss the selections.
Meryl Streep, Steve Martin and Alec Baldwin star in It's Complicated, a romantic comedy about a middle-aged divorced couple. Rachel Cooke reviews.
The American novelist Walter Mosley has finished writing his acclaimed Easy Rawlins mystery series for now. In his home city of New York he discusses America's continuing issues with race, his latest novel The Long Fall, and whether or not he's left Easy behind.
Edie Falco from The Sopranos stars as the title character in the new television series Nurse Jackie, about a strong-willed nurse in a New York City emergency room. Boyd Hilton reviews.
- Broadcast on BBC Radio 4, 7:15PM Mon, 4 Jan 2010
- Available until 12:00AM Thu, 1 Jan 2099
- First broadcast BBC Radio 4, 7:15PM Mon, 4 Jan 2010
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- Duration 30 minutes



