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Books 'are fluid and malleable'

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Kane and Abel was Jeffrey Archer's breakthrough novel, selling 30 million copies and being translated into 37 languages. Published 30 years ago, Lord Archer has now "re-crafted" the novel. Many literary figures have gone back and tinkered with their works including Henry James and Samuel Richardson. Lord Archer and John Sutherland, Professor of Modern English Literature at University College, London, discuss why authors like to reconstruct their works.

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