Open Book - 28/03/2010

Mariella Frostrup talks to the American writer Dave Eggers, best known for his memoir A Heartbreaking Work of Staggering Genius. His latest book Zeitoun tells the extraordinary story of a Syrian-American survivor of Hurricane Katrina who found himself arrested as a suspected Al-Qaeda member while helping other victims of the disaster. Also on the programme, the screenwriter Stephen Poliakoff chooses his five favourite books. Producer: Hilary Dunn.