The Best of All in a Day, Jun 26, 2018: "The Ruinous Sweep"




All in a Day show

Summary: At one point in Tim Wynne-Jones' new mystery, The Ruinous Sweep, the main character of Bee is reflecting on the death of someone close to her, and finds herself listening to CBC Radio Two, when Arvo Part's requiem for Benjamin Britten comes on. Her reaction and what happens next is one example of how sound is used in a fascinating book by Wynne-Jones, who talks about it in this episode.