- 6/30/2025
An author is saddled with caring for his mother after she suffers a stroke. His plans for a book tour are thrown into disarray when three more elderly women arrive on his doorstep in Dublin.
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00:00:00That's awful, don't I love it?
00:00:05The book is about it.
00:00:11I think the book is about it.
00:00:15We hope you're keeping well, Alma.
00:00:18We're getting all these Santa George ready for this lot.
00:00:21It takes us a bit longer, we're doing Jew here cracking the whiff.
00:00:24The lads are always asking after you.
00:00:26And where is Alma falling in?
00:00:28That's all we hear every day.
00:00:29More than there has been here some of the day.
00:00:31I hear the candles for you, lad.
00:00:33We go up in St. Danford.
00:00:35Power.
00:00:37And...
00:00:39Social structure.
00:00:41And... I'm coming!
00:00:43Social structure.
00:00:45And then within the subtext of the story,
00:00:47we're also exploring issues of post-colonial conflicts in Ireland,
00:00:50the legacy of the Catholic Church,
00:00:52and the growth of a queer culture within a regressive society.
00:00:55Okay, okay!
00:00:57All right, all right!
00:00:59Oh, Jesus Christ, I'm gonna throw that bell away!
00:01:01I heard you the first time.
00:01:03Morning.
00:01:05What?
00:01:07Oh my God, the face.
00:01:09Okay.
00:01:11I don't know, we got our lovely lilac numbers, some peachy peach,
00:01:17or the most gorgeous hue of aquamarine you ever have seen.
00:01:19If this is not to your satisfaction,
00:01:21we could, I don't know, go miss Scarlet and take a sewing machine to this curtain.
00:01:25The blue, of course, it's the blue.
00:01:29Yeah.
00:01:30One.
00:01:32All right, here we go.
00:01:33Ready?
00:01:34One, two, three.
00:01:39Now, just give him his patience, patience.
00:01:40Shh, shh, shh.
00:01:41Okay.
00:01:42That's much better.
00:01:56Good morning, Edward.
00:01:57Oh my God.
00:01:58She speaks.
00:01:59Finally.
00:02:00Welcome to the Land of Eleven.
00:02:02If you listen to this show, you know how important a good night's sleep is to both myself and...
00:02:1930 seconds, Edward.
00:02:21Welcome to the Land of the Leaven.
00:02:24If you listen to this show, you know how important a good night's sleep is to both myself and...
00:02:2830 seconds, Edward.
00:02:29That's why we use float mattresses...
00:02:32Be confident.
00:02:34Ma'am.
00:02:34And get 20% off any bed in their deluxe range.
00:02:38All across Chicago, this is KW107FM...
00:02:41Now, stop looking at me.
00:02:43Our next guest is the Irish novelist Edward Brady,
00:02:48whose debut novel, Eons, explores a...
00:02:50Toilet.
00:02:51...friendship and gay relationship between two young men.
00:02:54Sorry.
00:02:55Edward, thanks for being here.
00:02:59Thanks for having me.
00:03:01Great. So, your novel was first published in 2018 in Ireland and the UK, I believe.
00:03:07But it's only now being picked up internationally.
00:03:10And all caused a sudden surge in young readers who discovered the novel through TikTok.
00:03:14Yeah, I know it's crazy, but that's how it happened.
00:03:16It's a beautiful read, Edward, I have to say.
00:03:19Now, tell us about Kian and where we find him at the start of the story.
00:03:24Um, well, he's sort of an awkward, unformed teenager when we meet him.
00:03:28He's trapped in a small Irish town, struggling with his identity,
00:03:31and then he meets a sort of mercurial English boy,
00:03:34and we follow the relationship over the next 10 years.
00:03:36So, it's a love story about these two young gay men,
00:03:38but it's also an out-of-love story.
00:03:40And then there's those things thematically, uh...
00:03:43Slow down, Edward.
00:03:46Hello?
00:03:48They will not be able to understand.
00:03:50You talk fast.
00:03:52Please try and be slower.
00:03:54They are American and your oxen will confuse them.
00:03:57Edward, are you still with us?
00:03:58Edward, if you were going any slower, we would go back in time.
00:04:08Please don't start.
00:04:13Mom, why?
00:04:14Oh, why do you keep pointing at every turn?
00:04:16I know where we're going, okay?
00:04:17I've been driving there for a year.
00:04:20What?
00:04:21We're not going to be lazy.
00:04:22We're not going to be lazy.
00:04:52The physio says if she doesn't start getting some exercise,
00:04:54she'll be in a chair in six months.
00:04:56She won't fucking listen.
00:04:57Talking to the wall, you could be.
00:04:59All she wants to do is smoke flags and watch telly.
00:05:02She'll be flat destroyed.
00:05:05I had the guards over with me on Tuesday.
00:05:07Why?
00:05:08Because my one keeps turning up awake for people she doesn't even know.
00:05:12One of the families reported her to the guards.
00:05:14They thought she was in robbing a dead man's watch.
00:05:16But what was she doing?
00:05:18Trying to put fucking rosary beads into the class game.
00:05:20Why?
00:05:21I don't know.
00:05:22She thinks she's doing the Lord's work, I suppose.
00:05:28Look at their sign, man.
00:05:30Ties in my past.
00:05:31She dead.
00:05:32I think it got rough at the end.
00:05:34Jesus Christ, he looks wrecked.
00:05:38Hi.
00:05:40I can't end up looking like that.
00:05:42Certainly not with all that's been spent on Botox.
00:05:44Don't be telling people me business.
00:05:46Chicken, he's not blind.
00:05:50Gorge, is it?
00:05:52Years younger.
00:05:53Thanks, Edward.
00:05:54I still think you're one lip filler away from ending up like Nicky Rourke and the Rassler.
00:05:58Will you stop being such a cunty fuck, please?
00:06:00I'm not.
00:06:01No, you are.
00:06:01What's wrong with you?
00:06:03This?
00:06:05I can't take it anymore.
00:06:06It's the guys in Maspedalmas.
00:06:16Hola, chicas.
00:06:17Sending you a message to say hi to you and Les Madres.
00:06:21Say hi to the boys.
00:06:22We wish you were here and we'll see you all really, really soon.
00:06:28That used to be us.
00:06:39You ready?
00:06:40Two wheels.
00:06:52You ready?
00:06:54You okay?
00:07:10Publishers are talking about doing this.
00:07:13Doing a big release for the book in America.
00:07:18I know they think the reviews are going to be good and that it has a shot.
00:07:22They've asked me to go over there for a book tour.
00:07:25Are you going to do it?
00:07:33What?
00:07:34How can I?
00:07:35Okay.
00:07:36Who am I supposed to leave Man with for two weeks?
00:07:38I can think of a number of people.
00:07:40Two weeks is nothing.
00:07:41Two weeks is not nothing for an 81-year-old woman recovering from a stroke.
00:07:44I can't just dump her with anyone.
00:07:45Well, you know.
00:07:46No, I don't say residential care.
00:07:47You're fine.
00:07:48I'm not going to argue with you about that again.
00:07:50Good.
00:07:50Look, Edward, I know how difficult it is to be in a codependent relationship with a demanding
00:07:54woman.
00:07:55I mean, when I think about my situation with Audrey and all of this...
00:07:57Oh, my God.
00:07:58Oh, my God.
00:07:59Are you actually going to try and segue into that again?
00:08:00I don't know.
00:08:01It's not the same thing.
00:08:02I came out when I was 17.
00:08:03I am simply trying to draw a parallel between you, you know, avoiding your destiny as an artist
00:08:08and me avoiding my destiny as an out-gay man.
00:08:11Oh, God.
00:08:12Oh, right.
00:08:13No need to be so dramatic.
00:08:14Can we just focus on me today?
00:08:16Of course.
00:08:19It's not professional.
00:08:20Oh, even though you haven't paid me in five years.
00:08:23I'm also interested at the moment in writing about Ireland's Generation X, the Generation
00:08:30X imaginary, and also, this is around the time, I suppose, that I'm going to be with you.
00:08:36I don't know, like a ringing in the ears.
00:08:59It's probably stress headaches.
00:09:01Edward gets them, don't you?
00:09:04Hello?
00:09:04He's not listening to you.
00:09:07Too busy staring at Raph for the last 20 minutes.
00:09:10Here, I need Netflix recommendations for Jean.
00:09:13Has she seen Unorthodox?
00:09:15She only likes stuff with loads of killing in it.
00:09:17Dexter.
00:09:18She's seen it.
00:09:19Love, hey.
00:09:19Seen it.
00:09:19Has she seen Cain?
00:09:20Yeah.
00:09:21Gangs of London.
00:09:22Oh, right, Jesus.
00:09:23Sorry I asked.
00:09:23What the fuck's wrong with you?
00:09:25I'm just overwhelmed, like, sorry.
00:09:28You need to start standing up for yourself, doesn't he?
00:09:31It gets easier.
00:09:33When?
00:09:34Again.
00:09:37Okay.
00:09:38I'm ending this conversation now.
00:09:39See ya.
00:09:41Wait, I didn't get to tell you about the grinder chat.
00:09:43What we're doing now is a little bit of olive oil, because the sauce is all in the up...
00:09:56Wake up.
00:10:01Wake up.
00:10:09She's ready for bed.
00:10:11Thanks.
00:10:13When are the reviews coming?
00:10:15I don't know. Tomorrow maybe.
00:10:17Exciting.
00:10:19It'll be grand.
00:10:21So, how's things with you?
00:10:23Good.
00:10:25We found an apartment in Auberkampf
00:10:27that we can afford.
00:10:29Wow, that's great.
00:10:31I know. How's Richard?
00:10:33Is he excited? Ridiculously excited.
00:10:37Sometimes he's so exhausting, you know.
00:10:39Always wants to be doing things.
00:10:41Hiking, walking.
00:10:43I hate that.
00:10:45I'm like chicken. I just got in from work.
00:10:47All I want to do is go to bed and watch Netflix.
00:10:53I always liked this.
00:10:55Like what?
00:10:57Quiet.
00:10:59Duh.
00:11:01Well, you certainly weren't quiet when I first met you.
00:11:03You were pretty insufferable if memory serves.
00:11:07What's I?
00:11:09You fucking loved the sound of your own voice.
00:11:17See you later.
00:11:19Bye.
00:11:21Oh my god, you're driving me crazy.
00:11:31Edward, it's my job to know how to handle these things.
00:11:33I mean, they're disappointed.
00:11:35You're the writer and they want you out there,
00:11:37but they understand your situation with Alma.
00:11:39I don't know what the events were.
00:11:41Are you sure you want to know?
00:11:43Go on, I know what you're dying to tell me.
00:11:45Okay, well, I can't remember all of them,
00:11:47but I know there was talk of John Green
00:11:49hosting a Q&A with you at Powell's in Portland.
00:11:53Fuck off.
00:11:55You asked?
00:11:57I can't afford the time to review to you as soon as it lands.
00:11:59Just remember, whichever way it goes,
00:12:01it is a hit with the people that you wrote it for.
00:12:05Alright.
00:12:06Night night.
00:12:07Night.
00:12:09Oh, look at that. That's an improvement.
00:12:19I think we've found my vocation.
00:12:23Look at these girls.
00:12:32You know, I was thinking that, uh,
00:12:36it might be quite nice to go and see Andrew
00:12:38and the girls in London, wouldn't it?
00:12:40I mean, you know, you haven't seen them for ages,
00:12:42the girls are getting big, they'd love to see you.
00:12:44So, I was thinking that I could take you over there,
00:12:48and then you could stay with him for a few weeks.
00:12:55It's too hard.
00:12:57It's not too hard, ma'am.
00:12:59Andrew can manage.
00:13:00Okay, and I'll show him exactly how you like everything done
00:13:03and we can go through everything with him before we get...
00:13:05Too much for him with the new baby.
00:13:18Why don't you come and stay too?
00:13:23We could have a nice holiday there.
00:13:25Well, it's not really a holiday for me, is it?
00:13:29Why?
00:13:30Because...
00:13:31Well, okay, because what if I want to go out and meet a nice man?
00:13:34Hmm? Can't do that with all you's around, can I?
00:13:36Fucking destined to be single forever.
00:13:39You can meet a nice man on your phone any time.
00:13:44Well, I can meet a nice man on my phone any time.
00:13:46Right.
00:13:47And where would I bring him?
00:13:50Well, I'd bring him here.
00:13:51Well, to meet you.
00:13:52Okay.
00:13:54Well, that's not gonna work.
00:13:55It'd probably scare him away with your beady eyes.
00:13:59Okay.
00:14:02One, two, three.
00:14:09One, two, three.
00:14:10It's not gonna go out.
00:14:13Now for the jerk chicken Marino, perfect for the barbecue.
00:14:18The humor of our Mario is the allspice.
00:14:21It's got a pinter cinnamon flow and a bit of nutmeg.
00:14:26The Mario is gonna be a good friend.
00:14:27It's gonna be fun since we've been able to close to the next party.
00:14:30We begin with a vivid description of a 17 year old Cain's debilitating social anxiety.
00:14:48Brady's prose are beautifully old fashioned and acerbic.
00:14:51He manages to evoke the spirit of Faulkner.
00:14:53With eons, Mr. Brady is speaking to young people about something deeply personal and
00:14:57real and I can see why young readers are devoted to it.
00:15:25Edward?
00:15:27Hi, Katie.
00:15:28Want to follow me?
00:15:29Yeah.
00:15:30You want to talk about your mum, Alma?
00:15:32Yeah.
00:15:33So it would be for a really short term stay.
00:15:35It would be like two weeks at most.
00:15:37Of course.
00:15:38Of course.
00:15:39I'm sure you want to be at home with her yourself, but you have to live too.
00:15:43Look, why don't you start a conversation with mum and we'll see where we go from there.
00:15:52Are you okay?
00:15:57Edward?
00:15:58Yeah.
00:15:59So if I were to...
00:16:00I'm so sorry.
00:16:01I feel like I can't breathe or something.
00:16:02Okay.
00:16:03We'll just take it nice and easy.
00:16:04I just feel a bit dizzy or something.
00:16:05You want to maybe have a seat?
00:16:06Yeah, if I could have a seat.
00:16:07Guys, can I get some assistance in the long corridor please?
00:16:08Maybe a glass of water as well?
00:16:09I actually feel kind of faint in sitting as bad.
00:16:10It feels like...
00:16:11Maybe...
00:16:12Edward, maybe?
00:16:13Hey Siri, stop.
00:16:14Edward!
00:16:15I told the publishers I'd do the book tour and now I'm parked outside Hamilton Lodge and
00:16:16I just had a full on panic attack in front of the manager.
00:16:17I don't think I can do this.
00:16:18Just take it.
00:16:19I don't think I can do this.
00:16:20I don't think I can do this.
00:16:21I don't think I can do this.
00:16:22I don't think I can do this.
00:16:23I don't think I can do this.
00:16:24I don't think I can do this.
00:16:25Just stay on course.
00:16:26What?
00:16:27I'm sorry.
00:16:28You should see this place.
00:16:29It's cold and sterile.
00:16:30Everything smells of bleach.
00:16:31Edward.
00:16:32You're hideous.
00:16:33You've been looking after other people for five years.
00:16:36First your father and now Alma.
00:16:37Repeat after me.
00:16:38I'm going to stop this.
00:16:39I don't think I can do this.
00:16:40I don't think I can do this.
00:16:41Hey Siri, stop.
00:16:42Edward.
00:16:43I told the publishers I'd do the book tour and now I'm parked outside Hamilton Lodge
00:16:46and I just had a full on panic attack in front of the manager.
00:16:48I don't think I can do this.
00:16:49Just stay on course.
00:16:50What?
00:16:51I'm sorry.
00:16:52You should see this place.
00:16:53It's cold and sterile.
00:16:54I'm going to stop taking care of other people and start taking care of myself.
00:17:00I'm going to stop taking care of other people and start taking care of myself.
00:17:03Good.
00:17:04Now, go home and have a talk with Alma.
00:17:06Goodbye.
00:17:09What is wrong with you?
00:17:19Um, please.
00:17:20It's only a short term stay for a couple of weeks.
00:17:22I promise when it's finished we're going on a long holiday together.
00:17:25Maybe we can visit Andrew and the kids in London or hire a car and go driving down the
00:17:31south of France.
00:17:32I know you're always saying you wanted to do that.
00:17:35Well, now we can.
00:17:36Open top, wind in our hair.
00:17:38Just me and you.
00:17:43Hey, ma'am.
00:17:45I've got the sourdough and I've got the brie that you like.
00:17:48And, I've got some really exciting news.
00:17:51Listen, there's a couple of things we have to talk about first but I don't want you to freak out.
00:17:54Like, I take this whole rail.
00:17:56But that's how we need it.
00:17:57It's a little bit of you, isn't it?
00:17:59It's a little bit of me, alright.
00:18:00Explain everything.
00:18:01And what it was like, what do you think?
00:18:03Well, I'm going to say, straight off, you mean that it's all in the space in the street.
00:18:07Hello?
00:18:08Hi Edward, it's Colm.
00:18:28I'm Billy.
00:18:30We've hit rock bottom, pal.
00:18:32There's no easy way to say this, so we're just going to say it.
00:18:35We've decided to run away to Maspaloma's pride for three days and leave our mams with you.
00:18:40We know what we're doing is abominable.
00:18:42But we just can't cope anymore.
00:18:45Sure, on the outside, we always look like we have it together.
00:18:48But on the inside, we're a mess.
00:18:52It's the monotony, Edward.
00:18:55If we don't get away, honestly, we might die.
00:19:00All we're asking for is three nights.
00:19:03Just give them a bed and keep them fed and watered.
00:19:06That's it.
00:19:08We know we're the worst.
00:19:11We hope you can forgive us.
00:19:13Sorry.
00:19:14This is the universe taking a shit on me because I was about to do something really selfish.
00:19:20This is your friends taking a shit on you because you're an obliger.
00:19:24Huh.
00:19:25Put your foot down and say no.
00:19:27They're already in a plane to Gran Canaria.
00:19:29I mean, who does that?
00:19:30Who abandons their mothers to go to fucking Maspaloma's pride of all things?
00:19:33You know what?
00:19:34It's my own fault for staying friends with them.
00:19:35They let me down all the time and I just keep letting it go and thinking it's a one-off.
00:19:39I don't know why I seem to want to keep making the same mistake with people and expecting a different outcome.
00:19:47It's the fucking definition of madness.
00:19:49From all over the world, we travel to be one.
00:19:52Hello?
00:19:53Uh, nothing's changed, Edward.
00:19:56Just stay focused on talking to us.
00:19:58Um, I'm preparing for the book tour.
00:20:00I don't know.
00:20:01I think the book tour's a bad idea now.
00:20:02Stop.
00:20:03Focus.
00:20:04This is your future.
00:20:06Bye.
00:20:10To find adventure.
00:20:13To find pride.
00:20:17Come and join the adventure.
00:20:22This could only happen to you.
00:20:26Thanks.
00:20:28Look, I can be here all the time.
00:20:31I don't want your day off.
00:20:33What about Richard?
00:20:34You won't mind.
00:20:35You can pay me double.
00:20:39Okay.
00:20:40I'm out of here.
00:20:41And call me if you need anything.
00:20:43Okay.
00:20:44Okay, bye.
00:20:45I need you tomorrow.
00:20:46Okay.
00:20:47So, the trick is, as well, you know, I have this conversation all the time with my clients about length.
00:20:53The trick is, if you use a long-dressing screen, two to shorter frame, go for left fabric and more fitted forms, which is what you do.
00:21:01Hi.
00:21:02Hi, ladies.
00:21:04Sorry to, uh...
00:21:06So, uh, I'm Edward.
00:21:12This is my mom, Alma, that you know from mass.
00:21:14Here.
00:21:16It's only small.
00:21:18My son rushed me out of the shop before I could find anything.
00:21:21Oh.
00:21:22That's a lasagna.
00:21:23That's very kind.
00:21:24There's a cheesecake in there, as well.
00:21:25Okay, okay.
00:21:26Maybe we could have the cheesecake with our tea.
00:21:28I fast on a Wednesday.
00:21:29Oh.
00:21:30It's too much.
00:21:31They have to go.
00:21:32No, wait.
00:21:33We're just gonna have some tea, and then we can all just...
00:21:37Hey.
00:21:41Hi.
00:21:42Hi.
00:21:43Where are we?
00:21:44So, you can adjust the kind of...
00:21:46Yeah, things like that.
00:21:47I love you.
00:21:48How do you feel that?
00:21:49I love your mother.
00:21:50There's nothing wrong with your mother.
00:21:51There's nothing wrong with your mother either.
00:21:52One of them has mobility problems, and the other woman suffers with her nerves.
00:21:55Rosie suffers with her nerves.
00:21:56No.
00:21:57Please, Edward.
00:21:58You've already got three women.
00:21:59It's not going to make a difference.
00:22:00Shh, shh, shh.
00:22:01They're listening to us.
00:22:03They're listening to us.
00:22:04They'll just go into the kitchen.
00:22:06Ten minutes ago, you would call me an obliger.
00:22:08I know.
00:22:09I'm saying no, sorry.
00:22:10Please, Edward.
00:22:11No.
00:22:12I am a 53-year-old gay man with an ex-wife and a family who despise me.
00:22:15I'm living with my mother.
00:22:16You know the only time we ever get messages on Reiner?
00:22:18Except I use a naked picture of my torso and the username Daddy, spelled D-A-D-D-I.
00:22:23Look, I think that you're looking in all the wrong places.
00:22:25If I go on a date, I spend the whole time looking over my shoulder, terrified that somebody
00:22:29from my own life is going to see me.
00:22:31This is a chance for me to meet other men like me.
00:22:34Dermot, you are not going to meet men like you at Mass Paloma's Pride.
00:22:37Trust me.
00:22:38Please, Edward.
00:22:39I need this.
00:22:42Don't worry about that.
00:22:43It pops right open.
00:22:44All of her clothes are in the roll away.
00:22:45And I put her iPad in there too.
00:22:46She's never off the bloody thing.
00:22:47All of her meals are in the Tupperware.
00:22:48No dairy.
00:22:49No gluten.
00:22:50No red meat.
00:22:51Excuse me.
00:22:52Can I get that back for you, please?
00:22:53Now, all the medication is written down here, but it's pretty straightforward.
00:22:54And that really is just about everything.
00:22:55Oh, she might fight you back on the food.
00:22:56But if she does, just hold for her.
00:22:57And you know, don't worry.
00:22:58She's an absolute dote.
00:22:59And you're going to love her.
00:23:00Go, go, go.
00:23:01Go, go, go.
00:23:23Edward.
00:23:24Edward.
00:23:25Edward.
00:23:26Edward.
00:23:27Edward.
00:23:28Edward.
00:23:29Edward.
00:23:30I need you, please.
00:23:31Okay, blankets.
00:23:33No.
00:23:34No.
00:23:35No.
00:23:36No.
00:23:37No.
00:23:38No.
00:23:39No.
00:23:41You have got to stop.
00:23:43I want my pillows.
00:23:45Well, they need pillows too.
00:23:46Ma'am.
00:23:47We take those pillows off your bed every night and stack them on that chair.
00:23:49And now, is the moment putting yourself in the hallway?
00:23:50No.
00:23:51No.
00:23:52No.
00:23:53No.
00:23:54No.
00:23:55No.
00:23:56No.
00:23:58No.
00:23:59No.
00:24:00No.
00:24:01No.
00:24:02No.
00:24:03Is the man putting kids on my bed?
00:24:05Could you just give me one second, Maud, okay?
00:24:07My son has abandoned me with strangers.
00:24:12Everything okay in here, Jean?
00:24:14That mattress is very hard.
00:24:16Okay, well, I can swap you out with Maud if you want.
00:24:18The mattress is much softer than the spare room.
00:24:19I know. Apparently, I need minding now.
00:24:23He says he's worried about my vertigo.
00:24:28Well, I don't know.
00:24:30Is it clean?
00:24:33Yes. Yes, it's clean.
00:24:36Here I am. Stay where I am.
00:24:38I have no idea who they are.
00:24:39All I know, they're crammed into his little house like sardines.
00:24:47Edward, you are being a doormat.
00:24:49You have no wife, Edward?
00:24:50No. No, sir, I play for the same team as your Billy.
00:24:58Can I get a sip of water in that?
00:25:00Yeah, of course, of course.
00:25:01Edward Brady.
00:25:02Just give me one minute, ma'am. Please.
00:25:07Oh, yeah. Water. Water.
00:25:08Um...
00:25:12I'm sorry. I'm so sorry.
00:25:15Can I get you water in, like, a couple of minutes?
00:25:17Edward.
00:25:18Do you need any blankets or...?
00:25:19Edward, I need you.
00:25:20You poor ma'am.
00:25:21Um...
00:25:21Yeah.
00:25:23Actually, can I take that pillow back?
00:25:25No.
00:25:26Excuse me.
00:25:27Say hello to Amir.
00:25:29Hi, Edward.
00:25:30Hello. Hello, Amir.
00:25:32Edward.
00:25:32That's it. I'm going now, my love.
00:25:34My son told me you're a novelist.
00:25:37I downloaded your next book onto my Kindle.
00:25:40I'm about to start it.
00:25:41Oh, I hope you like it.
00:25:42Edward.
00:25:42Hey, Siri.
00:25:43Play Eons by Edward Brady.
00:25:45Oh.
00:25:46Edward.
00:25:47Play Eons by Edward Brady.
00:25:50Keane castigated himself silently and took giant slugs of the poisonous blue alcohol poppy held onto for dear life.
00:25:57You were never cool.
00:25:59Not like these, Kate.
00:26:00Not really.
00:26:01I want my pillows.
00:26:03I'm just going to take that pillow back and I'll be back in two seconds, okay?
00:26:06Thank you, Maude.
00:26:07Thank you, ma'am.
00:26:08That is absolutely outrageous.
00:26:10Look, we're going to have to make this work, okay?
00:26:14Ma'am.
00:26:16Ma'am.
00:26:18Can I get my water, please?
00:26:20I'm going to have to bring a sleeping bag in here.
00:26:24Is that okay?
00:26:26Well, where am I going to sleep?
00:26:38Standing by, Edward.
00:26:40Joining me all the way from Ireland is YA novelist Edward Brady.
00:26:44Here to talk about his new book, Eons, which is releasing here in the States.
00:26:48It's already out in Ireland.
00:26:49Thank you so much for joining us.
00:26:50How are you doing?
00:26:51Oh, thanks.
00:26:52Thanks for having me.
00:26:53I'm in a car.
00:26:54I'm sorry.
00:26:55I'm in a car.
00:26:56It's a long story.
00:26:58You know what?
00:26:59That's all good.
00:27:00So let's talk about Eons.
00:27:01It's a love story about two young men.
00:27:04Yeah.
00:27:04Yeah, that's right.
00:27:05And it charts their relationship over the next 10 years.
00:27:07It's sort of, you know, the sort of highs and lows.
00:27:09And it's, you know, it's, it is, it's, it is a love story, but it's also not a love
00:27:16story.
00:27:17It's, it's, it's an out of love story.
00:27:18And I don't, I don't know if that makes sense, but it's, I think the characters, they, sorry,
00:27:25go ahead.
00:27:26Go ahead.
00:27:27Yeah, they got, I think, you know, it's more than a love story.
00:27:32It's about social structure and identity and, you know, just, just what it must be like
00:27:37to be trapped inside a depressed country, you know, that there was once colonized.
00:27:45Okay.
00:27:46Well, that's great.
00:27:48Edward Brady.
00:27:49Thanks so much for joining us on the show.
00:27:50Listen, thank you.
00:27:51Thank you so much for having me.
00:27:53Okay.
00:27:54Bye-bye.
00:27:55Uh huh.
00:27:57Good morning, St. Paul's Orthopedic.
00:28:11Hi.
00:28:12Can I speak to Rafael Dumont, please.
00:28:13He's our physio.
00:28:14One moment.
00:28:15Rafael!
00:28:16Hey, help!
00:28:17Help!
00:28:18You've got to help me.
00:28:20They've all got assignments this morning and I've, I've got no way to travel them there!
00:28:22Oh, I can't.
00:28:23I can't.
00:28:24I can't walk, please.
00:28:26Ralph, just see if you can get the bus.
00:28:32It's fine.
00:28:33It's fine.
00:28:34Ladies, may I present to you Lady Alma von Grady?
00:28:42Man wants to put on her Sunday best for...
00:28:45This.
00:28:47Okay.
00:28:49Who's hungry?
00:28:50Me.
00:28:51Good.
00:28:51Do you want to join us, Jean?
00:28:53No.
00:28:54I just thought it might be nice if we all lay together.
00:29:04Is it the N or the O that's confusing?
00:29:08Will your son make us breakfast?
00:29:13We'll not have time.
00:29:19He has a lot of work today.
00:29:22He is a writer.
00:29:23What does your son do?
00:29:27He's a psychotherapist.
00:29:29Her son is one of his clients.
00:29:34Why does your son need therapy?
00:29:39For fuck's sakes.
00:29:42Do you use a hand or...
00:29:43Okay.
00:29:51Okay, breakfast.
00:29:52How does omelette with spinach and feta cheese sound?
00:29:57No?
00:29:58Cornflakes will do me.
00:29:59Oh, I don't think we have those.
00:30:01What sort of a house doesn't have cereal?
00:30:03Could you go to the shops?
00:30:04Um, I can...
00:30:05Okay, sure.
00:30:06Too far.
00:30:07No, no, ma'am.
00:30:07It's 60 seconds away.
00:30:09Does anyone else need anything?
00:30:10I'd like sausages.
00:30:12Okay.
00:30:12A scone, please.
00:30:13Okay, sausages, scone...
00:30:15Give him money.
00:30:16I can...
00:30:16Ma'am, ma'am.
00:30:17No, I can manage.
00:30:22Okay.
00:30:23Two minutes.
00:30:24Oh, it's two minutes away.
00:30:28Don't worry about it.
00:30:28It's just two minutes away.
00:30:38Yeah, what happened?
00:30:39So, I think, like, we've seen changes in many species in their populations.
00:30:43And, say, the farmland is very much a bird of farmland.
00:30:46So, when we look, you know, there's been huge changes in the Irish countryside.
00:30:49You know, it's based on the farmland.
00:30:50Say, you know, lots of hedgerows.
00:30:52There's even changes to all the rest of the farmland buildings where a farmland would have,
00:30:56you know, they're very much, as the name implies,
00:30:57are very associated with farmland buildings with the next thing in the farmland building.
00:31:02But it's...
00:31:02Hey, give me a call.
00:31:13The meeting is set for 12.
00:31:14I've sent you a link.
00:31:15Also, like, have you spoken to Alma yet?
00:31:17Because, uh...
00:31:18Okay, let's get this breakfast going.
00:31:32And then maybe after breakfast, you and I could talk about, um, you know, something...
00:31:36I am hungry.
00:31:37Something that might be happening that's really exciting with my work.
00:31:41So, if we could get a chance to talk about it.
00:31:43Okay, okay.
00:31:43Jesus Christ.
00:31:56I need to talk to you about this thing that might happen.
00:31:58And it's...
00:31:58It's only an idea now.
00:32:01So, don't freak out.
00:32:02Why are you in therapy?
00:32:04What?
00:32:05Who told you I was in therapy?
00:32:11I don't know, ma'am.
00:32:12Okay, I'm a writer.
00:32:13I'm neurotic.
00:32:17Were you abused?
00:32:18No.
00:32:20No, I wasn't abused.
00:32:23Jesus.
00:32:27Are you depressed?
00:32:28No, I'm not depressed.
00:32:29Hello?
00:32:32Is the man bringing me to mass?
00:32:39I am sick of them.
00:32:40I want to go to bed.
00:32:42What are you talking about?
00:32:42You just got up.
00:32:50You're right.
00:32:51They are a nightmare.
00:32:54So greedy.
00:32:55And rude.
00:32:56Maybe we should just tell them to go home.
00:33:00Just let them fend for themselves.
00:33:09We can do it together.
00:33:12Okay.
00:33:13Okay.
00:33:13Well, if that's what you think.
00:33:17I'm a weird word.
00:33:20I hope this is behaving himself.
00:33:22Guess what?
00:33:22It's the hot guy from the airplane.
00:33:28He'll be very proud of me.
00:33:29I'm going to be laser.
00:33:39Look at this.
00:33:40What are you doing now?
00:33:42Look at this.
00:33:43Oh, my.
00:33:44Come on.
00:33:44Come on.
00:33:48Okay.
00:33:48We dropped Maud off at the funeral first.
00:33:50And then me and Jean go to the hospital.
00:33:52Then we drop Rosie off at her book club.
00:33:54Rath brings Maud off at her book club.
00:33:55And then I can get back in time for my work call.
00:33:58Okay.
00:33:58Sound good to everyone?
00:34:00Well, Rath can bring you.
00:34:02Okay.
00:34:02I can't drive the bus.
00:34:03And someone's got to go with Jean.
00:34:05So, okay.
00:34:06Fine.
00:34:06Fine.
00:34:06Okay.
00:34:06We drop Maud off at the funeral first.
00:34:08Then we all go and wait with Jean at the hospital.
00:34:10And then I can bring Maud to her hair appointment.
00:34:13Happy?
00:34:13Okay.
00:34:14That's what we'll do.
00:34:14That's what we'll do.
00:34:16Okay.
00:34:16Change of plan.
00:34:17That can just go away.
00:34:18Hi, Edward.
00:34:21Drive time.
00:34:24Edward, I need to talk to you about something that's coming up with the publishers.
00:34:28They have listened back to radio interviews and they're concerned with how you're coming
00:34:31across.
00:34:32You need to stop talking about social structures and colonization because no teenager is going
00:34:37to buy this book based on subtext.
00:34:40Edward, don't laugh.
00:34:43See, I met these really nice eyes and gins.
00:34:45Like these bears, you know, like hairy gay men.
00:34:49They're super nice and they might need to go clubbing tonight.
00:34:52They can't eat this to wear, but do you think this is appropriate?
00:34:56I feel stupid.
00:34:57I feel sexy.
00:34:59Okay, mind to step.
00:35:02Mind to step.
00:35:05I must confess, girl, yes, I want to be your lover.
00:35:09Take a chance, my lover's like no other.
00:35:11Loving you not like your brother.
00:35:12Oh, yeah, I want to be your lover.
00:35:14Lover.
00:35:15Lover.
00:35:15Lover.
00:35:15Lover.
00:35:15Lover.
00:35:15For fuck's sake.
00:35:18I don't know what you said all I took a minute before.
00:35:21I'm not an invalid.
00:35:23How do I stop it?
00:35:24I'm just...
00:35:26There you go.
00:35:30It's my boyfriend, Amir.
00:35:32You'll think I've run off with someone else now.
00:35:35He's the jealous type.
00:35:37Nice.
00:35:37I found it impossible to have a relationship with an Irishman.
00:35:40Yeah, me too.
00:35:42Irishmen are so frustrating.
00:35:44One minute they're all over you and the next they're...
00:35:47They've gone.
00:35:49I've been there.
00:35:50Do you have a significant other?
00:35:53I have a boyfriend, Richard.
00:35:56He's Dutch.
00:35:57Oh.
00:35:59I've lots of gay friends.
00:36:01Two of my best friends, Tim and Ian, they have an antiques business.
00:36:05I remember walking into their shop in Harold's Cross 20 years ago and saying,
00:36:09Do you know where I could find a poof?
00:36:12And Tim opened his arms wide and said,
00:36:14Darling, will this poof do?
00:36:17Sweet Jesus.
00:36:20Jean?
00:36:20Mm-hmm.
00:36:21Why, why?
00:36:43Jean.
00:36:45Jean.
00:36:45Jean.
00:36:45Jean, I want you to stand, not holding on to the bar for two minutes.
00:36:51It's only two minutes and the bar is right there if you need it.
00:36:54Okay?
00:36:58Okay.
00:36:58And then relax.
00:37:21Okay.
00:37:22Jane, we both know what's needed here.
00:37:28Think about the amount of freedom a worker would give you.
00:37:31Not having to rely on other people.
00:37:39Jean.
00:37:40Do you need a hand, Jean?
00:37:49No.
00:37:54Just excuse me one moment.
00:37:56I'll just take these empties with me.
00:37:58Take these empties with me.
00:38:00Are you okay for everything, Carl?
00:38:07Thank you very much.
00:38:08Are you okay, Nadine?
00:38:15Is there anything I can do for you?
00:38:16Oh, I'm okay.
00:38:20Hey.
00:38:21Hey, Maud.
00:38:22Hey.
00:38:22You ready to go?
00:38:23Oh.
00:38:24Dry these for me.
00:38:25What?
00:38:26I can't.
00:38:27No, Maud.
00:38:27Just wait a minute.
00:38:32Sorry.
00:38:33Who is that woman?
00:38:34Um.
00:38:36Maud.
00:38:37Was she a friend of my granddad's?
00:38:43Uh.
00:38:45Uh.
00:38:46Excuse me.
00:38:48Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for sinners now that they are for death to me.
00:38:52Glory be to the Father and the Son and the Holy Ghost.
00:38:55As it was in the beginning, is now or never shall be word with our hand to men.
00:38:58Um.
00:38:58And God bless you.
00:39:00You've been very good.
00:39:01Oh, we have to go.
00:39:02This is Edward.
00:39:04Hello.
00:39:05Hi.
00:39:05Betty Bird.
00:39:06Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:39:11I know.
00:39:15I'm sorry.
00:39:15I have to go.
00:39:16I'm sorry.
00:39:16I'm sorry.
00:39:17My publishers are calling me.
00:39:18So I have to go.
00:39:19Come on.
00:39:21God bless you.
00:39:21Stacey, I really can't talk now.
00:39:24I'm in the middle of something.
00:39:25Okay.
00:39:26Don't freak out.
00:39:27The meeting's being pushed and we've got a bit of a problem.
00:39:32Look, they sent me a list of things they want you to consider, so brace yourself.
00:39:37Number one, they think your synopsis is way too long.
00:39:40Number two, they think your voice is going to be...
00:39:41Number three, they want you to speak with all authority.
00:39:44I thought you were promoting a gay novel at a time when they're burning LGBT books in
00:39:47the country.
00:39:48Remember, your readers are sophisticated...
00:39:50Edward, you can't cope.
00:39:52I can't...
00:39:52Ma'am, please.
00:39:53Please stop, please.
00:39:54I'm sorry to cause you trouble.
00:39:56No, it's that you didn't, Maude.
00:39:57It's fine.
00:39:57It's totally fine.
00:39:58Who was your meeting supposed to be with?
00:40:01Um, my publicist.
00:40:02It's about promoting my book in America.
00:40:05He is a very important writer, but gets so nervous before his meetings.
00:40:09Why do you get nervous?
00:40:10I don't.
00:40:11I don't get nervous.
00:40:11You should get Dermot to prescribe some anti-anxiety medication.
00:40:16His therapist, my son.
00:40:18I don't need anti-anxiety medication.
00:40:20Well, I take a half-cheeky if I'm flying anywhere and it's not a bother on me then.
00:40:26Well, I mean, I get that because if you don't like flying, but I don't need anti-anxiety medication.
00:40:30It's just I don't like having meetings, which is completely normal.
00:40:33Why?
00:40:34Because I don't like talking to people.
00:40:37It's...
00:40:37I like being on my own.
00:40:39Weird.
00:40:39It's not...
00:40:40It's not weird.
00:40:41Ma'am.
00:40:42What was his father like?
00:40:44Weird.
00:40:45Ma'am!
00:40:47You are just like your dad.
00:40:49I am not.
00:40:49Do not, do not compare me to dad right now.
00:40:51Please.
00:40:53The very same.
00:40:57I can't...
00:40:57No.
00:40:59Jesus.
00:40:59This is fucking terrible.
00:41:00He mustn't be going too well.
00:41:01Now you have all made him mad, and I didn't get my hair done.
00:41:11None of us asked to be here in the first place, you know.
00:41:14Yes.
00:41:44the term I gave me for you.
00:41:48Okay.
00:41:54Nationalism. This free state is not the state they wanted.
00:41:58This is not the state that they have fought for.
00:42:00In many ways, the state that came in to be...
00:42:06See how your hand is square with long fingers?
00:42:10In palmistry this is what we call an air hand.
00:42:14There are people who are known for being very thoughtful and considerate.
00:42:19Very generous with other people.
00:42:22Very sociable.
00:42:25Always making others feel welcome and at ease.
00:42:30Should we see if anyone else wants a hand massage?
00:42:44Well, the round palm is usually an indication of a creative person.
00:42:51Well, I've always been a very creative person.
00:42:53I love making art.
00:42:55Yeah? What kind of art?
00:42:57All sorts. I did a course recently and...
00:43:03What's it called?
00:43:04Painting?
00:43:05No.
00:43:06Drawing?
00:43:07No.
00:43:09Oh, it'll come back to me.
00:43:11Do me.
00:43:12Okay.
00:43:13I had a fall last year.
00:43:16And I ended up with a torn rotator cuff.
00:43:18Oh, no.
00:43:19You poor thing.
00:43:21What did the shape of her hand say?
00:43:23Ah, okay.
00:43:24Let's see.
00:43:27Oh, I'm...
00:43:28This tells us that she's a woman of great faith.
00:43:31Ah.
00:43:32See all of these little small lines here?
00:43:33These are all of your guardian angels.
00:43:35See how many of them you have.
00:43:39I can feel them with me.
00:43:41Ceramics.
00:43:43Ceramics.
00:43:44That's what it was.
00:43:46Nothing bad now, do you hear me?
00:43:50This is usually a sign of a joyous life right here.
00:43:54That's fucking wrong anyway.
00:43:57Do you fight with people, Jean?
00:44:01I fight with everyone.
00:44:02I fight with myself if there's no one else around.
00:44:07Things would have been easier when Larry was around.
00:44:09He was good at making me see sense.
00:44:15How old?
00:44:17How old am I?
00:44:19How old was Larry?
00:44:2169.
00:44:23He was only a pup.
00:44:26When did your husband die, Alma?
00:44:30Two years.
00:44:33Just Larry there.
00:44:38He's gorgeous, Jean.
00:44:40Oh, lovely.
00:44:44That's Nigel.
00:44:51Michael.
00:44:57You would love to see them walking through the door,
00:44:59asking for their dinner.
00:45:03You said them spoiled.
00:45:05I know.
00:45:06They did their part.
00:45:07They did.
00:45:08They still got away with murder, though.
00:45:10At least the one in this house did.
00:45:11My mum waited on him hand and foot for 40 years.
00:45:14Yeah, but they worked very hard, and it was different times.
00:45:17So, you used to work hard too.
00:45:19Well, that's true.
00:45:21So, why should you not have been given the same opportunities that they were?
00:45:24Well, I never married.
00:45:26Never had to cook a meal for a man in my life.
00:45:28See? And what, you still managed to make a good life for you and Dermot on your own?
00:45:31Oh, it wasn't a good life, Edward.
00:45:34Right.
00:45:35She needed a man.
00:45:36She didn't need a man, ma'am.
00:45:38Maybe I did.
00:45:40I was very lonely.
00:45:41Well, now, look, you've got a mirror.
00:45:44Yeah, that's true.
00:45:46Of course, we've never met.
00:45:47How does that work?
00:45:48Well, we talk on the computer every day.
00:45:50What's the point of that?
00:45:52It's a company, I suppose.
00:45:54He wants to come over and pay a visit, but I don't know.
00:45:57Why complicate things with sex?
00:46:00Jesus, I complicate things with sex given half a chance.
00:46:03I honestly don't think it's that big a deal, Edward.
00:46:16Writers do this type of thing all the time.
00:46:19So just be yourself and charm them and we'll get on.
00:46:22Hey.
00:46:24Are you okay?
00:46:29They want me to do, um, sit in front of a marketing team tomorrow
00:46:32and do a mock Q&A on Zoom.
00:46:35Why?
00:46:36Because apparently my voice needs to be more persuasive in interviews.
00:46:39And that's...
00:46:40It's not funny.
00:46:41It's not funny.
00:46:42My stomach's not just thinking about it.
00:46:43I'm not up for it.
00:46:44I'm not...
00:46:45You're such a drama queen.
00:46:46Ah, fuck you.
00:46:47Fuck you.
00:46:48These American pricks hate my voice.
00:46:49Come on.
00:46:50You'll be fine.
00:46:57I should go.
00:46:58Okay.
00:47:02You're okay?
00:47:03You're okay?
00:47:04You're okay?
00:47:05You're okay?
00:47:07You're sorry.
00:47:15I mean.
00:47:17What's wrong?
00:47:18You're okay?
00:47:20You're okay?
00:47:22You're okay.
00:47:23Who is-
00:47:26Where is in place?
00:47:27A little part?
00:47:28You're okay.
00:47:29No.
00:47:30I can't.
00:47:31All and nope, I can't notice.
00:47:32We actually get praticamente.
00:47:33Very vague questions.
00:47:34I mean...
00:47:44I don't, I don't...
00:47:55I'm here for them.
00:47:57I'm here for them.
00:48:06I'll just go.
00:48:12Hello and welcome to The Galleys, the podcast from Vulture.
00:48:16Tonight we'll be talking to Irish novelist Edward Brady about his debut novel, Eons.
00:48:21Edward, thanks for being with us.
00:48:23Oh, thanks for having me.
00:48:25Edward.
00:48:26Oh my god.
00:48:27Oh my god.
00:48:39Jane!
00:48:41Jane!
00:48:43Jane!
00:48:49Anthony, you're on Opinions Matter. How are you, Anthony?
00:48:52How's it going?
00:48:53So tell me what happened with you?
00:48:54Gene!
00:48:55Dean!
00:48:56Gene!
00:48:57Dean!
00:48:58Dean!!!
00:48:59Dean!
00:49:00Dean!!!
00:49:01Can you tell me where you dropped her off?
00:49:20The driver was saying that he dropped her off at Mulligan.
00:49:22Okay.
00:49:23A small red ring placed over beside Garvey.
00:49:25Okay, Copper Road.
00:49:26Yeah, no problem, buddy.
00:49:31Here I go, out to sea again, the sunshine fills the air, there's music everywhere.
00:49:56Look at me standing here on my own again.
00:49:57Up straight in the sunshine.
00:49:58Look at me standing here on my own again.
00:50:03Up straight in the sunshine.
00:50:04No need.
00:50:05No need.
00:50:06No need.
00:50:07No need.
00:50:08No need.
00:50:12No need.
00:50:13No need.
00:50:14No need.
00:50:19No need.
00:50:20No need.
00:50:26No need.
00:50:27No need.
00:50:31Jane, my leg is stuck.
00:50:47Stop it.
00:50:59Where's your step there?
00:51:00Where's your step there?
00:51:02Okay, not so quiet.
00:51:04Right?
00:51:05No, I close the step.
00:51:06Yeah, close it, but quietly.
00:51:08Quietly, Gene.
00:51:10That's Gene!
00:51:12That's not quiet.
00:51:13Huh?
00:51:14Sure.
00:51:15Oh, here we are.
00:51:17Gene, no, we can't find it.
00:51:19I mean, it's grand.
00:51:20It's grand.
00:51:21It's grand.
00:51:22It's grand.
00:51:23It's second now.
00:51:25Oh!
00:51:26Save that.
00:51:29Okay.
00:51:30Good night.
00:51:31Who says if I came home, I wouldn't have to drink on me own, so sit down?
00:51:36It's late, Gene.
00:51:37Who cares?
00:51:38Sit down.
00:51:39Drink.
00:51:40I suppose I'm really needing myself in that place, did I?
00:51:45No, I don't think so.
00:51:46I'm sure there was no one there anyway.
00:51:48Hmm.
00:51:49Because I wasn't even going there to begin with.
00:51:50Where were you going?
00:51:51I was going into town to fuck that walker in the Liffey.
00:51:52I just need to give it a chance, you know?
00:51:53Just take some time to get used to.
00:51:54Does it?
00:51:55Does it?
00:51:56In all your experience of using a walker takes a bit of time to make a walker, it takes
00:52:02a bit of time to get used to or for a walker, you know?
00:52:06Oh, God, I'm really needing myself in that place, do I?
00:52:12Have you ever been in the Liffey?
00:52:17I don't think so.
00:52:18I'm sure there was no one there anyway.
00:52:21He wasn't even going there to begin with.
00:52:22Where were you going?
00:52:23Experiencing using a walker takes a bit of time to get used to, does it?
00:52:31Sorry.
00:52:32Well, he warned me.
00:52:36He said if I didn't start moving, it'd be like this forever.
00:52:40Well, I didn't listen.
00:52:46So, here we are.
00:52:50Your man misses him something shocking, doesn't she?
00:52:53I suppose.
00:52:55She does.
00:52:58Yeah, well, I don't know why.
00:53:00They used to kill each other.
00:53:01She always seems to forget that part.
00:53:03Geez, I used to bollock the head off, Larry.
00:53:05You'd hear me bawling him over it all over the estate.
00:53:08That's just the way it was in them days.
00:53:11But there was a few crosswords.
00:53:14So what?
00:53:16Didn't do us any harm, did it?
00:53:19Well, I wouldn't say we escaped unscathed, Jean.
00:53:24I mean, you know, we're all in therapy.
00:53:27We're broke, confused, homeless.
00:53:32Crippled with anxiety and incapable of sustaining any kind of meaningful relationship with another person.
00:53:37So...
00:53:38How the fuck was all that our fault?
00:53:40I'm just saying, you know, it can be distressing, you know, especially if you're a kid and your parents are fighting all the time.
00:53:52You know, and then if one parent keeps telling you all the details of the fight, you know, when you're ten,
00:53:57because they don't have anyone else to talk to about it.
00:54:00And then you add to all of that all of the crazy, regressive, religious bullshit that you keep throwing at us.
00:54:07And it's like, you know, maybe we're grand in our twenties, but then one day you're in your thirties and you wake up and you are...
00:54:16scared.
00:54:21You know, it's...
00:54:24you don't know why.
00:54:42Jean, Jean.
00:54:43Hmm.
00:54:44Jesus.
00:54:46I thought someone had stuck a coin in there.
00:54:48Come on.
00:54:49Come on.
00:54:50One way down.
00:54:55What's that?
00:54:57Oh, ladies.
00:55:00Figure out about that.
00:55:02We're loving our song.
00:55:04Goodnight, Jean.
00:55:08Where are you going with the camera now?
00:55:11I know you're trying to listen to the news.
00:55:13I go on.
00:55:15Hello, Chloe and Leila.
00:55:16I hope you've been very good for your mother and father.
00:55:19I go on.
00:55:20Granddad is just full of chat this morning, girls.
00:55:23what's wrong with this morning?
00:55:24I hope you have been very good for your family.
00:55:25Be doing well.
00:55:26I don't know how you can get back.
00:55:28Oh, too.
00:55:30Really good.
00:55:31I don't know.
00:55:32I don't know.
00:55:33I don't know.
00:55:34I don't know why, too.
00:55:35I don't know why, too.
00:55:40I don't know how to do this now.
00:55:42I don't know, to not know.
00:55:44How to do this now, though?
00:55:46I will ask Spirit for a name. Spirit will tell me who they are and how they passed.
00:56:11And all I ask of you is that if you recognize that name, you validate what I'm saying.
00:56:19She's very good, isn't she?
00:56:20All right? Spirit, do you have a name for us today?
00:56:27Edward, they are asking me to confirm your flight on itinerary.
00:56:30Hey, I need to talk to you in private for a minute.
00:56:43Want to go to Galway.
00:56:46What?
00:56:48Want to see more of the medium.
00:56:50Ma'am, ma'am, what are you talking about?
00:56:52Galway.
00:56:57Medium.
00:56:57Your mummy was showing us these videos of Ma'am at a medium, and Rosie was saying we should find out if she did in-person mediation.
00:57:08Anyway, we sent her a message on Facebook, and to cut a long story short, she's booked us in for a session at four o'clock today.
00:57:17We just want to know that they're at peace.
00:57:20Who?
00:57:20Your daddy.
00:57:21And Nigel.
00:57:22And Larry.
00:57:22I just fancy the idea of a road trip.
00:57:27We are absolutely not going on a six-hour round trip to Galway, okay?
00:57:43I have a really important call with my publishers at five.
00:57:45Bring your computer.
00:57:47Bring my computer.
00:57:48Are you for real?
00:57:49I have to be here.
00:57:51What if there's no Wi-Fi?
00:57:52Be fine.
00:57:52Oh, be fine, be fine, be fine.
00:57:55Be fine.
00:57:55Okay, you've certainly changed your tune.
00:57:56We're not going to Galway, sorry.
00:57:58And I have to speak to you about something urgent.
00:58:03Ma'am.
00:58:04I want to be here.
00:58:34I found your booth on Amazon, Edward.
00:59:03Oh, look, there's reviews here.
00:59:05Will I read them out?
00:59:06No, thank you.
00:59:07This fellow gave me five stars.
00:59:09It says, it's a wonderful novel.
00:59:11The characters are very human.
00:59:13Oh, hang on.
00:59:14There's a bad one.
00:59:15Can't see where all the fuss is about.
00:59:17Which he knows?
00:59:19Not one to be handed out unless it's to the charity shop.
00:59:22You can stop now.
00:59:23Starts well, but goes nowhere.
00:59:25I'll put it down after 50 pages.
00:59:27How the fuck does he know it goes nowhere then?
00:59:29Please stop, Jean.
00:59:31You're my agent.
00:59:32You just can't buy me some poor time.
00:59:34I'm in the middle of...
00:59:35What's Edward's book about?
00:59:36I have been trying to tell her for two days now.
00:59:38It's about a relationship between two young gay men.
00:59:42One is a teenager from Leitrim.
00:59:43The other is a 22-year-old posh boy from London.
00:59:46That sounds good, doesn't it?
00:59:48It may have been cheap, but we're gays.
00:59:50I'm just at the bit where the main character takes his mother to the Gresham Hotel for tea
00:59:55so he can tell her he's gay.
00:59:57Well, I thought what Edward did with you, Emma.
01:00:00Edward's coming up was very fun.
01:00:02What happened?
01:00:03When Edward was 17, he snuck out to a gay bar and got off with this air steward.
01:00:12Sven.
01:00:13Sven.
01:00:14Sven from Sweden.
01:00:15He was much older.
01:00:17He wasn't that much older, Alma.
01:00:21Whatever.
01:00:22So, one weekend, Edward lied and told Alma he was staying with a friend,
01:00:26but actually he flew to Sweden to stay with Sven.
01:00:29When he was just 17?
01:00:31I know, he was such a badass back then, right?
01:00:32So, you can just imagine 17-year-old Edward hanging out in Sven's fancy apartment
01:00:39when all of a sudden, the phone rings and somebody's on the line.
01:00:45I said, is my son there?
01:00:47Why did you know where he was?
01:00:49Traced the number.
01:00:50She traced the number.
01:00:55Colin would have been about 22, I'd say.
01:00:58I mean, he would have been very moody at that age, always on his own.
01:01:03And then suddenly he had this friend, Adrian, and he used to drive up to the house in a red beamer,
01:01:08and he'd bring Colm off to the pitchers, and one day they were driving off.
01:01:12And I says to Larry, I think your man's a bit more than a friend.
01:01:16Yes, it's a laugh.
01:01:21My youngest, Nicola, kept saying, he's gay, my mate, he's gay.
01:01:27I says, I don't want to know, I really don't want to know.
01:01:30Then it all came to a head one night, because a chap Nicola was working with saw Billy dancing in a bar.
01:01:38So he was summoned home and confronted on it.
01:01:41No, not by me.
01:01:42I couldn't hack it.
01:01:44I ran upstairs and locked myself in the bathroom and wouldn't come out.
01:01:48What did you do that for?
01:01:49I just found it very hard.
01:01:53I still do.
01:01:55Would you prefer he kept it a secret until he was 53 and married with kids?
01:02:00Exactly.
01:02:07Edward, your phone, will I answer?
01:02:09Oh, yes, please.
01:02:11Hi, Edward.
01:02:12It's Katie here from Hamilton Lodge Residential Care.
01:02:14I just wanted to see...
01:02:15I'm actually driving at the minute, so can I call you back?
01:02:20Yeah, okay, all right, thank you.
01:02:22Okay, bye-bye, bye-bye.
01:02:27Did that go on there?
01:02:28I can't imagine.
01:02:39Bye-bye.
01:02:41Shh...
01:02:42Shh...
01:02:43Shh...
01:02:44Okay. Everyone ready?
01:03:08Well, hello. You're most welcome.
01:03:11Hello.
01:03:12Come in, come in.
01:03:13You can hang your jacket up in the hall if you like.
01:03:16Oh, thank you.
01:03:17Oh, thank you.
01:03:18Oh, thank you.
01:03:20Oh, thank you.
01:03:22Oh, thank you.
01:03:24Oh, thank you.
01:03:25Oh, thank you.
01:03:27Oh, thank you.
01:03:28Oh, thank you.
01:03:30Oh, thank you.
01:03:32Oh, thank you.
01:03:34Oh, thank you.
01:03:36Oh, thank you.
01:03:37Oh, thank you.
01:03:41Oh, thank you.
01:03:42Oh, thank you.
01:03:43Jesus.
01:03:44Haskell, would you ever do something about them pigeons?
01:03:47Little bastards are nesting above in the draining pipes
01:03:51Right, I'm going to do a star three card spread
01:03:55And then I'll put a call out and see who comes in to us
01:03:58Now, just so yous know
01:04:00The messages they have might not mean anything in the here and now
01:04:04Oftentimes it's when yous go home and reflect
01:04:08That whatever they say starts to make sense
01:04:11Alright?
01:04:17The lovers
01:04:28Betrayal
01:04:36The hermit
01:04:42It's going to be a bumpy ride
01:04:47Okay
01:04:57Okay
01:04:59One of them is very giddy
01:05:04Keeps telling me jokes
01:05:05It's Larry
01:05:07Right
01:05:09And there's another lad very offended by Larry's jokes
01:05:14Nigel
01:05:16Yes
01:05:19And now there's a third gentleman who's not a bit pleased to be here
01:05:25Says his wife Alma should know better than wasting money on the likes of me
01:05:31Is that familiar?
01:05:35Michael
01:05:36Fond of giving out this fella, is he?
01:05:41Still asking what in the name of Jesus you're doing here?
01:05:47I just want to know that he is at peace
01:05:50He's very much at peace
01:05:54But he misses you terribly
01:05:57I had a stroke, Michael
01:06:00And I lost my voice
01:06:02He says he can hear you just fine
01:06:05Edward is putting me in a home
01:06:08Ma'am
01:06:09That is not true
01:06:20That it's not
01:06:22Can we just
01:06:23Can we talk about this later?
01:06:34The publishers wanted me to go to America for a book tour
01:06:38For ten days
01:06:39Okay
01:06:40So I just went to go and take a look at a place
01:06:43Just to see if it might be somewhere that you might like
01:06:46I'm not going there
01:06:47Okay, yes, fine
01:06:47You're not going there
01:06:48Okay, so
01:06:49Just a minute
01:06:49Michael has a message for Edward
01:06:53Oh, no, no, no, no
01:06:54I'm sorry, ladies
01:06:56But could you give us some space?
01:06:58I don't want to be part of that
01:06:59You talk to your daddy, Edward
01:07:00No
01:07:00You sit down here
01:07:02I don't want to sit down
01:07:03I'm going to be here
01:07:04Does the letter R mean anything?
01:07:15No
01:07:15R?
01:07:18No
01:07:18Raph
01:07:20Raph
01:07:20Raphiel used to be Edward's boyfriend
01:07:24But he broke up with Edward because Edward wouldn't commit
01:07:28And now Raph has a new boyfriend
01:07:30And they're moving to France together
01:07:32Spirit says you haven't been yourself, Edward
01:07:36Okay, that's enough
01:07:38He says you have to man up
01:07:39Take better care of the people you love
01:07:42Don't make the same mistake you made with Ralph again
01:07:45Come on now
01:07:47Do better
01:07:48Take better care of the people I love
01:07:52Right
01:07:55The way he did
01:07:56Okay, why don't you ask Spirit why my mum had to raise two kids on her own while he went off and did whatever he wanted with whoever he wanted
01:08:05Because he did, ma'am
01:08:08That's, I mean, you want me to talk to dad? That's fine, I'll talk to dad
01:08:11Ask Spirit how he felt about having a gay son
01:08:13George, stop
01:08:13You've got such a selective memory when it comes to that man, ma'am
01:08:19Do you ever think about what he put me through?
01:08:22And no matter what I did, no matter what I did, he would always be disappointed
01:08:26And who was there for him when he was sick?
01:08:28I was
01:08:28And I know Andrew, he, I mean, Andrew brought the house down with the eulogy
01:08:33He brought the house down
01:08:34But was he there when it really mattered?
01:08:37No
01:08:37I was
01:08:38I was
01:08:39I was there
01:08:39And I am here right now
01:08:41And just because I don't have kids
01:08:48It doesn't mean my life has no value
01:08:50Alma, are you okay?
01:09:03Mum
01:09:04Mum, I'm sorry
01:09:06I'm sorry
01:09:10I actually think I have to stand out for a while
01:09:15Oh, Jesus Christ
01:09:17Are you alright?
01:09:17You're alright, Edward
01:09:19Edward
01:09:19You're alright, Edward
01:09:21Give him some space
01:09:22Are you alright?
01:09:24Don't worry about a thing
01:09:25That your father is by your side
01:09:27His hand is on your shoulder
01:09:29That's the last fucking thing he wants to hear
01:09:31Should we say a rosary?
01:09:34A rosary?
01:09:35A rosary
01:09:35Oh my god, there's something wrong with Alma
01:09:37Alma, are you okay?
01:09:40Alma, you've nothing to worry about, pet
01:09:42Michael is hoarding your hands
01:09:45Stop making that sound like someone is going to die
01:09:47No one is going to die
01:09:49Oh, for Colin Ambulance
01:09:51Someone get a paper bag from that drawer over there
01:09:54Mum, please talk to her
01:09:55Please talk to her
01:09:56Breathe in
01:09:58Breathe in
01:09:59The hospital wants to know
01:10:01Is anyone having a heart attack?
01:10:03I don't know
01:10:04We don't know
01:10:06If the chap is gay
01:10:07That fucker's that got to do with it, Anton?
01:10:09I don't hear you talk to
01:10:11We can hang up, Mona
01:10:15They're fine
01:10:16Oh, thank God
01:10:17That's it, that's it
01:10:20There we go
01:10:21Well, I'll tell you one thing, ladies
01:10:28The lads are going buck wild
01:10:30Oh, my God
01:10:33Are they still here?
01:10:39Oh, they are indeed
01:10:40Where are they?
01:10:47They're standing in the corner there behind Alma
01:10:50And they're singing a ballad
01:10:54One morning as I went afowling
01:11:02Bright Phoebus adorning the play
01:11:07It was down by the shades of the cavern
01:11:13I met with this wonderful name
01:11:19Her voice was so sweet and so pleasing
01:11:25These wonderful notes she did sing
01:11:32Hi, everyone
01:11:44Hi
01:11:44Hello, everyone
01:11:45Oh, my God
01:11:46Edward, where are you?
01:11:47It's actually
01:11:49It's a long story
01:11:49But I'm on a mini bus
01:11:50Like a mini
01:11:51Like a
01:11:51I don't know what you said
01:11:53Like a bus
01:11:54I'm on a bus
01:11:54Edward, just
01:11:55Get everyone else is here
01:11:57And let's you and me talk
01:11:58Sure, sure
01:12:00Okay, so where do you want to start, darling?
01:12:03Shall we do influences?
01:12:05Why don't you talk about the books
01:12:07That had an impact on you as a teenager?
01:12:09Um, okay
01:12:14Okay, um
01:12:15I actually
01:12:24Have something to confess to you guys
01:12:28And I know my timing is appalling on this
01:12:33But, um
01:12:35I don't know for sure
01:12:39If I am going to be able to get over there
01:12:43Things with my mom
01:12:44She's, you know, she's quite unwell
01:12:47As I mentioned before
01:12:48And I can't
01:12:49Edward, I'm sorry
01:12:50Just to clarify here
01:12:51Are you saying that you can't come over for the tour now?
01:12:54Edward, we're going to take a breath here, okay?
01:12:58Um
01:12:59We have a two-week tour booked in good faith
01:13:02We have bookstores and press and signings
01:13:05We have Ann Patchett doing a Q&A with you
01:13:08And her story in Nashville
01:13:09I mean
01:13:10Yeah
01:13:15I just, I just don't know if I can
01:13:22Uh
01:13:23At this moment
01:13:25With the way things are
01:13:32Hi Edward
01:13:46We just landed
01:13:47So I'd say we'd be with you now
01:13:49About an hour
01:13:50I'm with this grumpy dope dope who won't even talk to me
01:13:53I can fucking hear you
01:13:54See the state of that?
01:13:57That's been my holiday for three fucking days
01:14:00Anyway
01:14:01See you soon
01:14:02Bye bye
01:14:29Bye bye
01:14:30Thanks for today.
01:14:53It was an event travel.
01:14:56Yeah.
01:14:58What?
01:15:00Don't go.
01:15:06Edward, that's not fair.
01:15:14You're using me as a distraction.
01:15:15I'm not using me.
01:15:16You are.
01:15:17I'm not.
01:15:17You need to focus on what's important now.
01:15:20Your book, Alma.
01:15:24Our time is gone and I'm...
01:15:27Why?
01:15:28Why?
01:15:29Why has it gone?
01:15:30Maybe because I'm with someone else now.
01:15:32What do you think?
01:15:37I know where things go with you.
01:15:40I kiss you back and then poof, you disappear.
01:15:43Where is Edward?
01:15:44I don't know.
01:15:44He's writing his book now.
01:15:46He's busy.
01:15:47He's mine and Alma.
01:15:48He has no time.
01:15:49Go to America or don't go to America.
01:15:58Just...
01:15:58You just need to make a decision.
01:16:04For once, just make a decision and live with it.
01:16:08I 한번, just make a decision.
01:16:10I don't want to make a decision.
01:16:11I might not.
01:16:12Just like a decision by doing something.
01:16:13Here he is.
01:16:14I'll be first.
01:16:15You have to make a decision right now.
01:16:16Whatever we need.
01:16:18Whatever it is.
01:16:19بعد God will have to answer.
01:16:19Like, do you treasure?
01:16:21I owe us an admin if it does.
01:16:21It's the best thing you're ever two to achieve?
01:16:26Trying to bring them back home.
01:16:27Be careful.
01:16:28Oddly you're done.
01:16:28You literally auxilç”°.
01:16:29I said with me.
01:16:31I was raised to him.
01:16:32I saw you to live with the child.
01:16:33He wanted to生活.
01:16:34And I was St الثila geek and wait a little person to have
01:16:36I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice and to do good in their lives.
01:17:06Right, right.
01:17:30Right.
01:17:34Toilet.
01:17:54Do you just want to sit up?
01:18:02Do you have to?
01:18:26You have to.
01:18:28What? What? I have to what?
01:18:34Book. Tour.
01:18:36Mum, I told you, okay? They said it was fine.
01:18:44What?
01:18:46I don't need to be there.
01:18:52So now you know better than the publishers and my agents and all these other people?
01:18:56Live.
01:19:06Live.
01:19:07Live your life.
01:19:08Mum, please.
01:19:18Please, I'm sorry, what does that even mean?
01:19:20I am living my life.
01:19:24Okay, look at me, here I am.
01:19:28Here I am, I'm living my life perfectly happy.
01:19:32Good morning.
01:19:46I'm living my life perfectly.
01:19:50I don't know.
01:20:20I don't know.
01:20:50It's fine.
01:20:51Kate's here and she wants to see you some time.
01:20:54Oh, fine.
01:20:54You hate her.
01:20:55Yes, I do.
01:20:59Oh, thanks.
01:21:05How did you...
01:21:06Oh, no.
01:21:07You got lost.
01:21:10We will miss you now.
01:21:14Tell you what, once we get settled in, maybe you and Edward might come over for a visit.
01:21:20And I'll send you loads of pictures.
01:21:21Goodbyes are hard, but this one is particularly hard, because working with you all for the past four years has been amazing.
01:21:39And I'll send you loads of pictures, and I'll send you loads of pictures, and I'll send you loads of pictures.
01:22:09And I'll send you loads of pictures.
01:22:39Goodbyes are hard.
01:22:40Goodbyes are short days.
01:22:42Goodbyes are short days.
01:22:43Goodbyes are short days.
01:22:44Goodbyes are short days and early days.
01:22:46And I'll send you loads of photos.
01:22:50This is a very information-based news patch.
01:22:54Good morning, Alma.
01:23:24You want a break from us, Mooshy? Is it moosey? Do you want moose for your hair?
01:23:48Is it about something you wear? Rosie, will you come here for a minute?
01:23:52Maude, please stop fidgeting with the controls on her iPad.
01:23:55I didn't touch them.
01:23:56Is it something you want to eat for breakfast?
01:24:00Mushy beef.
01:24:01Mushrooms. Mushroom risotto.
01:24:05What would you be eating risotto for breakfast for?
01:24:07Hello, everyone, and welcome to the First Copy Podcast, coming to you live from the Corner Bookstore in New York City.
01:24:15Joining us this afternoon is the Irish novelist Edward Brady.
01:24:19We begin, as always, with an extract from his debut novel, Eon.
01:24:22He's very professional, isn't he?
01:24:24Stop talking.
01:24:26Sorry.
01:24:26I don't know.
01:24:27I don't know.
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