Mosaic (Audio)

When Michael Holroyd published 'Basil Street Blues', it was the beginning of a story rather than the end. For as the letters from readers started to arrive, the author discovered an extraordinary narrative that his own memoir had only touched upon. 'Mosaic' is Michael's piecing together of these remarkable revelations: some of which are pleasant surprises, others more startling. There is a discovery that his grandmother was the mistress of the French anarchist writer Jacques Prevert; and a letter from Margaret Forster that leads to his remarkable account of a decade-long affair.