PART I: Eleanor Wachtel talks with British author William Boyd, whose latest novel - Armadillo - looks at the life of a corrupt insurance adjuster in modern-day London. Boyd discusses the vicissitudes of life, the enduring class system in England, growing up in Africa, lucid dreaming, and the success of his latest book. PART II: Eleanor Wachtel interviews British author Ian McEwan. The discuss Enduring Love - his latest novel about the disastrous consequences of an incident wherein five men fail to tether a runaway hot air balloon. The book explores obsessive love and the never-ending combat between rational and irrational world views.
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