Sleuths, Spies & Sorcerers: Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes

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Andrew Marr deconstructs detective fiction, fantasy epics and spy novels, the books we really read. He unpicks their conventions to show how these books keep us turning the page.

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Episode 1Detectives

...Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes. Detectives. Andrew Marr investigates detective fiction, and reveals how it works.

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Episode 2Fantasy

...Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes. Fantasy. How fantasy novels have big ideas that allow us to see our own world in a surprising way.

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Episode 3Spies

...Andrew Marr's Paperback Heroes. Spies. How the spy novel allows readers to engage with big questions about the human condition.

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