Main content
Sorry, this episode is not currently available

Dear Mister Burke by Tea Obreht

Short WorksBBC National Short Story Award 2017

4 Extra Debut. Mrs Winters attempts to solve the mystery concerning Colonel McCabe. Does he lie at Elk Point after all? Read by Sara Kestelman.

Mrs Mary Winters determines to get to the bottom of the mystery concerning Colonel McCabe.

Does he lie at Elk Point, after all?

Read by Sara Kestelman.

Originally part of a series of stories commissioned for the 2017 BBC National Short Story Award.

Tea Obreht is an American novelist who won the Orange Prize for Fiction in 2011 for 'The Tiger's Wife', her debut novel.

Producer: Duncan Minshull

First broadcast on BBC Radio 4 in September 2017.

15 minutes

Last on

Fri 27 Mar 202605:45
BBC Radio 4 Extra

More episodes

Previous

BeardedBBC National Short Story Award 2017

Next

The Cold God of Bad LuckBBC National Short Story Award 2017

See all episodes from Short Works

Credits

ReaderSara Kestelman
WriterTea Obreht
ProducerDuncan Minshull

Broadcasts

  • Wed 20 Sep 201722:45
    BBC Radio 4
  • Thu 26 Mar 202615:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Thu 26 Mar 202621:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra
  • Fri 27 Mar 202605:45
    BBC Radio 4 Extra