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Book of the Week - Proust's Overcoat

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By Lorenza Foschini. A story of literary detection set in pre-war Paris

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Book of the Week - Proust's Overcoat - Episode 1

It's pre-war Paris, and Jacques Guerin, a rich bibliophile with a passion for the late Marcel Proust, has a chance encounter which leads him to his quarry.

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Book of the Week - Proust's Overcoat - Episode 2

Following the death of Robert, his widow Marthe seizes her chance to get rid of everything relating to Marcel Proust.

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Book of the Week - Proust's Overcoat - Episode 3

By Lorenza Foschini. Guerin is determined to salvage all he can from the house clearance, but Werner is not as forthcoming as he might be.

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Book of the Week - Proust's Overcoat - Episode 4

The overcoat which Marcel Proust wore for most of the last decade of his life and which he used as a bedspread has a powerful hold over Guerin.

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Book of the Week - Proust's Overcoat - Episode 5

By Lorenza Foschini. Jacques Guerin offers up his collection to the world and the author opens a cardboard box.

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