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The Golden Gate: A BBC Radio 4 dramatisation
Authored by Vikram Seth
Narrated by Laurel Lefkow, Michael Neil, Barbara Barnes, Mark Leake

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BOOK DESCRIPTION

A BBC Radio 3 dramatisation of Vikram Seth's verse novel about the lives and loves of a group of twentysomethings in 1980s San Francisco

Awardwinning novelist Vikram Seth is renowned worldwide for his magnum opus A Suitable Boy. But his dazzling debut, though less wellknown, is equally innovative, masterly and ambitious. First published in 1986. and inspired by Pushkin's Eugene Onegin, it is written entirely in verse, comprising almost 600 stanzas of rhyming sonnets.

This epic poem focusses on the interconnected stories of five young professionals, as they make their way in the 'unfettered city' of San Francisco in the '80s. There's lonely computer engineer John; his sculptor exgirlfriend Jan, a drummer in a heavymetal band; his best friend Phil, a divorced dad who's turned his back on Silicon Valley to become a peacenik; lawyer Liz, devoted to her cranky, elderly cat Charlemagne and Ed, Liz's brother, a fervent Christian torn between his faith and his homosexuality.

We follow them from coffee shops to concerts, parties to peace protests, Sonoma Valley wineries to singles bars as they forge (and break) friendships, flirt, date, start relationships, split up and try again with someone new. Their search for romance, fulfilment and selfrealisation for 'someone who will do for love, and who may love us too' will bring them happiness, heartbreak, joy and pain...

Not merely a portrait of youthful love and loss, but also of a time and a place San Francisco at its zenith, before gentrification and the tech giants took over Seth's delightful verse narrative is by turns funny, playful, lyrical and profound. This BBC Radio 3 adaptation, first broadcast in 1999, stars Mark Leake as John, with Barbara Barnes as Liz, Laurel Lefkow as Jan and Michael Neil as Phil.


Production credits
Written by Vikram Seth
Produced by Ekene Akalawu

Cast
John Mark Leake
Liz Barbara Barnes
Jan Laurel Lefkow
Phil Michael Neil

First broadcast on BBC Radio 3, 711 June 1999

©2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd (P)2021 BBC Studios Distribution Ltd

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AUDIOBOOK DETAILS

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Language: English
Publisher: BBC Digital Audio
Published on: June 10, 2021
ISBN: 9781529141580
Duration: 1 hr, 48 min
Genres: Fiction / Literary, Poetry / General