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Akhtung, Akhtung, welcome to We Have Way's 12 days of Christmas guests where we're talking to a famous face

about their personal relationship with the Second World War. And of course, today, happy new year.

It's the 1st of January, 23, can you believe it? Anyway, on today's episode, Al and I caught up with the brilliant Sebastian folks

about his very personal interest in the Second World War

and how it has inspired some of his amazing novels.

Actung, Actung, Akhtung, welcome to We Have Ways of Making You Talk, our Christmas editions.

And who are we talking to, Jim?

Well, he's an old friend of mine and one of my absolute favourite novelists and the favourite novelists of many, many, many millions as well.

It's Sebastian, folks. He's also sometime batting partner of mine. Sebastian and I will be forever bonded by a very special day in Colombo, in Sri Lanka, where we almost got to 100 opening run partnership against

some pretty tidy bowling. It has to be said, on a test match ground.

We didn't quite get the three figures, but we almost did. And it was a very memorable day,

not least because it was also the day that David Bowie died, which is why I kind of remember it.

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