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From: The Scotsman
Date: 20080227
Author:LEE RANDALL

SHE'D rather I didn't stress it, fearing it may sound pretentious, but the seeds for Melissa Benn's novel, One of Us, were sown by a production of Antigone. "It's about a sister who does something dramatic to protect her brother's honour, and it's all about public life. I've known the story forever, it's always been a bit of ancient art to me, but I thought, 'How would this work in the modern world?'"

It couldn't, was the short answer, but she kept mulling it over. If you substituted a prime minister for King Creon, who made the harsh - and soon-regretted - decision to condemn Antigone to ...

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