BBC defends scary books
THE commissioning editor of BBC's Book At Bedtime has defended its choice of books after listeners said they were "inappropriate" and "disturbing".
Caroline Raphael said Barbara Gowdy's book Helpless, about the stalking and abduction of a nine-year-old girl, was "extremely well written". One Radio 4 listener complained the book made them feel "physically sick".
Raphael said: "Unfortunately, writers do want to write about disturbing things, but we felt that this showed a level of humanity and an attempt to understand the story from everybody's perspective, that we thought listeners would enjoy hearing."
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