Tune in to BBC Radio 4's Open Book to hear Benjamin Myers talking to Horatio Clare about his new novel Rare Singles, which tells the story of Bucky Bronco, an elderly one-and-a-half-hit soul singer, grieving for his dead wife, surviving on low paid, hard graft jobs and struggling with an opioid addiction to dull the pain... when he's invited to Scarborough for a Northern Soul weekender that could just prove to be his salvation. Hear how Benjamin's's 25 years as a music journalist feeds into his storytelling, alongside guests Claire Kohda, and Children's Laureate and screenwriter, Frank Cottrell-Boyce.
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