Open Book - 25/07/2010

Mariella Frostrup talks to the acclaimed novelist Howard Jacobson about his new book, The Finkler Question, a story about friendship, love and Jewish identity. She's joined by novelists Philip Hensher and Tim Parks to discuss the impact of illness on writing - Parks's latest book is a meditation on physical ill health and the literary imagination. She also investigates the growth of e-reading, with the help of Open Book listener responses and techno fan Kathryn Hughes and technophobe Toby Litt.