13 July 2007

Hello and welcome to Phoenix FM’s book club! I’m Muthamma Prasad and Unfortunately, the guest I had lined up was
inevitably detained.

Competition question - which actor played the character McMurphy in ‘One flew over the cuckoo’s
nest’ ?  The prize for answer this question 2 tickets sponsored by the ORL for their play ‘calling’ by writer
Deborah Espect. Correct answer: Jack Nicholson; WINNER- ZOE ASHDOWN, CRYSTAL PALACE

Last book read- Wild Sheep Chase by Haruki Murakami
 This mock-detective tale follows an unnamed Japanese man through Tokyo and Hokkaidō in 1978. The passive, neurotic,
 chain-smoking main character gets swept away on an adventure that leads him on a hunt for a sheep that hasn’t been
seen for years. The apathetic protagonist meets a woman with magically seductive ears and a strange man who dresses
as a sheep and talks in slurs

60-Second pitch- BUT INSIDE I'M SCREAMING BY ELIZABETH FLOCK
"It's so thin and small it seems
impossible that it can end a
human life. Two long, quick
slices and the pain bleeds away...."

So begins BUT INSIDE I'M SCREAMING, an intense and absorbing novel. It is the unforgettable story of one woman's
account of what it is to lose control as the world watches, to figure out what went so very wrong, and to accept an
imperfect life in a world that demands perfection.

While breaking the hottest news story of the year, broadcast journalist Isabel Murphy unravels on live television
in front of an audience of millions.She goes on the air to report the breaking news, but freezes and is unable to say a word as her
brain just drums to the beat of failure. Knowing her broadcast career is over and how she has disappointed everyone,
Isabel opts for suicide, but fails at that.

She lands at Three Breezes, a four-star psychiatric hospital nicknamed the "nut hut," where she begins the painful
process of recovering the life everyone thought she had.

This is an insightful character study that looks extremely close into the psyche of someone whose mental breakdown
and depression places her over the edge. Isabel's disintegration with a frightening glimpse of the goings-on at the
psychiatric facility is not for everyone, but readers will agree that
Elizabeth Flock provides a powerhouse.

Coming up next week--- Tom W Lister, The writer of the play 'Sting for Nolte' which has attracted something of a
cult following in London and is going to Edinburgh this summer.
For a chance to win 'Sting for Nolte' goodies, tune in to the show and answer the competition question.