UNBOUND: Literary Death Match
Four writers used words as weapons in a fight to the literary death. Host Todd Zuniga returned to Edinburgh from New York for the 160th anniversary of this battle of the books. This clip, filmed live during an Unbound session at the Edinburgh International Book Festival, features bestselling author Christopher Brookmyre doing his best to impress.
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