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Author Julian Barnes Faces New Challenges in His Latest Novel

Critic Maureen Corrigan says the best she can say about Barnes's "Porcupine," about deposed communist leaders on trial in Eastern Europe, is that she "didn't not like it."

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Other segments from the episode on November 30, 1992

Fresh Air with Terry Gross, November 30, 1992: Interview with Donna Williams; Interview with Bernard Rimland; Review of Julian Barnes' novel "Porcupine."

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