Will Self visits the setting for Umbrella

2012 Man Booker Prize nominee Will Self visits the setting of his novel Umbrella with Today programme reporter Nicola Stanbridge. Umbrella tells the story of an epidemic of encephalitis lethargica after World War I.

11 September 2012

5 minutes

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Today—21/08/2012

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