Watch Author Vincent Delecroix Read From His Novel, Small Boat  

In a Service95 Book Club exclusive, author Vincent Delecroix and Helen Stevenson, the translator of his novel Small Boat, read two extracts from the book, which is Dua’s Monthly Read for July.

The first extract, read by Vincent in French, imagines the scene in the English Channel when the small boat sinks and as those on board and in the water make increasingly desperate calls to the rescue service. The second extract, read by Helen, is the opening scene of the book, which introduces us to the radio operator who was responsible for sending help – but didn’t.

It doesn’t stop there: get under the skin of Small Boat with more from the Service95 Book Club...

WATCH Dua’s interview with the author, Vincent Delecroix

LISTEN to the interview on the go with the new Service95 Book Club podcast

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READ a first-person account of what it’s like to make the same journey from France to the UK 

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DISCOVER how fictional narratives can convey profound truths about the human experience