In the first of an occasional series of live events, The Irish Times Book Club recently took up residence in the Irish Writers Centre in Parnell Square in Dublin for a discussion with bestselling author Joseph O'Connor about his latest novel, The Thrill of it All.
Hosted by Martin Doyle, assistant literary editor with The Irish Times, alongside author and critic Anna Carey, the revealing, in-depth conversation took in the author’s love of music, his meeting with Patti Smith, the lives of the second-generation Irish, his use of humour and much more.
Listen to the entire interview here.
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