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The Swans
Episode 2 of 5
Staff in a paint shop start seeing mortality in a row of houses. It has a melancholic effect on sales. Read by Edith MacArthur.
Staff in a paint shop start seeing mortality in a row of houses. It has a melancholic effect on sales.
"The paint shop was deservedly proud of its reputation in the city. For here it was not just a matter of selling paints and wallpaper..."
One of five quietly unsettling short stories by Elspeth Davie, described as one of Scotland's finest and most underrated writers.
Read by Edith Macarthur.
Producer: David Jackson Young
First broadcast on 麻豆社 Radio 4 in January 2002.
Last on
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