Ep.1 Bill Finnegan, a surfing life
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Bookoccino Conversations
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Episode 1, Bill Finnegan, one of America's most prominent man of letters, a long-time writer at the New Yorker. Bill is also an avid surfer, which he recounts in Barbarian Days: A Surfing Life, which won the Pulitzer Prize and has been a consistent best seller at Bookoccino. In our first edition of Bookoccino Conversations, he is interviewed by Jane Perlez, the Pulitzer prize winning New York Times correspondent. Bill talks about the monumental swells he surfed around the world as well as some anecdotes of his travels as a wartime correspondent. Piano pieces performed by concert pianist Van-anh Nguyen, find her music on itunes https://music.apple.com/au/album/pop-alchemy/1446350487 and spotify. Produced by willfarge.com.au
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