- 7/4/2025
A struggling novelist who is forced to take care of three eccentric older women - and his own mother - over the course of one chaotic weekend in Dublin.
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00:00:00Aeons is about first love, but it's also a meditation on queer
00:00:29culture, it's about Ireland, it's about our past and our present, it's about, ugh, fuck off, that's fucking shit.
00:00:46I wanted to write about first love. I wanted to write about something that young readers could
00:00:54connect with in a way that was familiar and raw and heartfelt, that would validate their feelings.
00:01:06That's awful, don't tell that. It's about, the book is about. I think the book is about.
00:01:22I think the book is about. We hope you're keeping well, Alma. We're getting all these
00:01:29sons of George ready for this lot. It takes us a bit longer to do with you here cracking the
00:01:34whiff. The lads are always asking after you, and where is Alma's bolognate? That's all we hear
00:01:39every day. More than there has been here some of the day, I see. I hear the candy for you
00:01:43lab. We often say dance. Power. And social structure. And I'm coming. Social structure.
00:01:55And then within the subtext of the story we're also exploring issues of postcolonial conflicts
00:02:00in Ireland, the legacy of the Catholic Church, and the growth of a queer culture within a regressive
00:02:04society. Okay, okay. All right, all right. Jesus Christ, I'm going to throw that bell away.
00:02:10I heard you the first time. Morning. What? Oh my God, the face. Okay. I don't know, we got our lovely
00:02:25lilac number, some peachy peach, or the most gorgeous hue of aquamarine you ever have seen.
00:02:30If this is not to your satisfaction, we could, I don't know, go miss Scarlet and take a sewing
00:02:34machine to this curtain. The blue, of course, is the blue. Yeah.
00:02:39All right. All right, here we go. Ready? One, two, three.
00:02:49I'll just give him a minute. Patience, patience. Okay.
00:02:52That's much better.
00:03:02That's much better.
00:03:05Good morning, Edward. Oh my God. She speaks. Finally. Welcome to the Land of the Eleven.
00:03:20If you listen to this show, you know how important a good night's sleep is to both myself and...
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00:03:47All across Chicago, this is KW 107 FM...
00:03:50The hell, stop looking at me.
00:03:52Our next guest is the Irish novelist, Edward Brady, whose debut novel, Eons, explores a complex friendship and gay relationship between two young men.
00:04:04Sorry.
00:04:05Edward, thanks for being here.
00:04:10Thanks for having me.
00:04:11Great. So, your novel was first published in 2018 in Ireland and the UK, I believe.
00:04:17But it's only now being picked up internationally.
00:04:20And all because of a sudden surge in young readers who discovered the novel through TikTok.
00:04:24Yeah, I know it's crazy, but that's how it happened.
00:04:26It's a beautiful read, Edward, I have to say.
00:04:30Now, tell us about Kian and where we find him at the start of the story.
00:04:34Well, he's sort of an awkward, unformed teenager when we meet him.
00:04:39He's trapped in a small Irish town, struggling with his identity, and then he meets a sort of mercurial English boy,
00:04:44and we follow their relationship over the next ten years.
00:04:46So, it's a love story about these two young gay men, but it's also an out-of-love story.
00:04:50And then there's those things thematically.
00:04:53Slow down, Edward.
00:04:57Hello?
00:04:58They will not be able to understand. You talk fast.
00:05:01Please try and be slower. They are American and your oxen will confuse them.
00:05:07Edward, are you still with him?
00:05:14Edward, if you were going any slower, we would go back in time.
00:05:19Please don't start.
00:05:24Oh, why do you keep pointing at every turn?
00:05:26I know where we're going, okay? I've been driving there for a year.
00:05:29What? We're not going to be lazy.
00:05:31What? We're not going to be lazy.
00:05:32What? We're not going to be lazy.
00:05:33What? We're not going to be lazy.
00:05:36O, why don't we, sis?
00:05:37Arr, if it's going to be lazy.
00:05:45This is us.
00:05:49And that it is, this is my stare.
00:05:52This is my stare.
00:05:55What do you have to?
00:05:56Thinking, laughing.
00:05:58What f filter?
00:06:00The physio says if she doesn't start getting some exercise, she'll be in a chair in six months.
00:06:06She won't fucking listen. Talking to the wall, could it be?
00:06:09All she wants to do is smoke fags and watch telly.
00:06:12She'll be flat destroyed.
00:06:15I had the guards over with me on Tuesday.
00:06:17Why?
00:06:18Because my one keeps turning up a week for people she doesn't even know.
00:06:22One of the families reported her to the guards.
00:06:24They thought she was in robbing a dead man's watch.
00:06:26But what was she doing?
00:06:27Trying to put fucking rosary beads into the casky.
00:06:31Why?
00:06:32I don't know.
00:06:33She thinks she's doing the Lord's work, I suppose.
00:06:38Look at this, Simon.
00:06:40Ty has met passed.
00:06:41She did.
00:06:42I think it got rough at the end.
00:06:44Jesus Christ, he looks wrecked.
00:06:48Hi.
00:06:50I can't end up looking like that.
00:06:52Certainly not with all that's been spent on Botox.
00:06:54Don't be telling people me business.
00:06:56Eh, Jake, and he's not blind.
00:07:00Gorge, is it?
00:07:02Years younger.
00:07:03Thanks, Edward.
00:07:05I still think you're one lip filler away from ending up like Nicky Rourke and the Rassler.
00:07:08Will you stop being such a cunty fuck, please?
00:07:10I'm not.
00:07:11No, you are.
00:07:12What's wrong with you?
00:07:13Eh.
00:07:13This?
00:07:14I can't take it anymore.
00:07:24Who's the guys in Maspilomus?
00:07:26Hola, chicas.
00:07:27Sending you a message to say hi to you and Les Madras.
00:07:31Say hi to the boys.
00:07:33We wish you guys.
00:07:34We wish you were here and we'll see you all on a really, really future.
00:07:38That used to be us.
00:07:49You ready?
00:07:50Two wheels.
00:07:51Two wheels.
00:08:05You okay?
00:08:05You okay?
00:08:05The publishers are talking about doing this, doing a big release for the book in America.
00:08:26I know they think the reviews are going to be good and that it has a shot.
00:08:33They've asked me to go over there for a book tour.
00:08:36Are you going to do it?
00:08:43What? How can I?
00:08:45Okay.
00:08:46Who am I supposed to leave man with for two weeks?
00:08:48I can think of a number of people.
00:08:50Two weeks is nothing.
00:08:51Two weeks is not nothing for an 81-year-old woman recovering from a stroke.
00:08:54I can't just dump her with anyone.
00:08:56No, don't say residential care.
00:08:57Fine.
00:08:58I'm not going to argue with you about that again.
00:09:00Good.
00:09:01Look, Edward, I know how difficult it is to be in a codependent relationship with a demanding woman.
00:09:05I mean, when I think about my situation with Audrey and all of the stuff...
00:09:07Oh, my God.
00:09:08Oh, my God.
00:09:09Are you actually going to try and segue into that again?
00:09:10I won't.
00:09:11It's not the same thing.
00:09:12I came out when I was 17.
00:09:13I am simply trying to draw a parallel between you, you know, avoiding your destiny as an artist
00:09:18and me avoiding my destiny as an out gay man.
00:09:21Oh, God.
00:09:22Oh, right.
00:09:23No need to be so dramatic.
00:09:24Can we just focus on me today?
00:09:26Of course.
00:09:28It's not professional.
00:09:30Even though you haven't paid me in five years.
00:09:33I'm also interested at the moment in writing about Ireland's Generation X, the Generation X
00:09:41I don't know, like a ringing in the ears.
00:10:08It's probably stress headaches.
00:10:11Edward gets them, don't you?
00:10:14Hello?
00:10:15He's not listening to you.
00:10:17Too busy staring at Raff for the last 20 minutes.
00:10:20Here, I need Netflix recommendations for Jean.
00:10:23Hmm.
00:10:24Has she seen Unorthodox?
00:10:25She only likes stuff with loads of killing in it.
00:10:27Uh, Dexter.
00:10:28She's seen it.
00:10:29Love, hey.
00:10:30Seen it.
00:10:31Has she seen Cain?
00:10:32Yeah.
00:10:33Gangs of London.
00:10:34Oh, right, Jesus.
00:10:35Sorry I asked.
00:10:36What the fuck's wrong with you?
00:10:37Sorry.
00:10:38You need to start standing up for yourself.
00:10:40Doesn't he?
00:10:41It gets easier.
00:10:43When?
00:10:44When?
00:10:45Okay.
00:10:46I'm ending this conversation now.
00:10:49See ya.
00:10:50Wait, I didn't get to tell you about the Grindr channel.
00:10:54He's over.
00:11:15Waking.
00:11:16She's ready for bed.
00:11:22Thanks.
00:11:24When are the reviews coming?
00:11:25I don't know.
00:11:26Tomorrow, maybe.
00:11:27Exciting.
00:11:29It'll be grand.
00:11:32How's things with you?
00:11:34Good.
00:11:35We found an apartment in Aubert-Kampff that we can afford.
00:11:39Wow, that's great.
00:11:41I know.
00:11:42How's Richard?
00:11:43Is he excited?
00:11:44Ridiculously excited.
00:11:47Sometimes it's so exhausting, you know?
00:11:49Always wants to be doing things.
00:11:51Hiking, walking.
00:11:53I hate that.
00:11:54I'm like chicken.
00:11:56I just got in from work.
00:11:57All I want to do is go to bed and watch Netflix.
00:12:04I always liked this.
00:12:06Like what?
00:12:08Quiet.
00:12:09Dull.
00:12:10Well, you certainly weren't quiet when I first met you.
00:12:13You were pretty insufferable, if memory serves.
00:12:17What's right?
00:12:18Edward.
00:12:18You fucking loved the sound of your own voice.
00:12:27See you later.
00:12:30Bye.
00:12:31Oh my god, you're driving me crazy.
00:12:38Edward, it's my job to know how to handle these things.
00:12:42I mean, they're disappointed.
00:12:43You're the writer and they want you out there.
00:12:45But they understand your situation with Alma.
00:12:46They say what any of the events were.
00:12:50Um, are you sure you want to know?
00:12:52Go on, I know what you're dying to tell me.
00:12:54Okay, well, I can't remember all of them, but I know there was talk of John Green hosting a Q&A with you at Powell's in Portland.
00:13:03Fuck off.
00:13:05Mm-hmm, you asked?
00:13:06Okay, I'm going to forward the time to review to you as soon as it lands.
00:13:10Just remember, whichever way it goes, it is a hit with the people that you wrote it for.
00:13:15All right.
00:13:16Night-night.
00:13:18Night.
00:13:26Oh, look at that.
00:13:28That's an improvement.
00:13:30I think we found my vocation.
00:13:32Look at these girls.
00:13:42You know, I was thinking that, uh, it might be quite nice to go and see Andrew and the girls in London, wouldn't it?
00:13:50I mean, you know, you haven't seen them for ages.
00:13:52The girls are getting big.
00:13:53They'd love to see you.
00:13:54So, I was thinking that I could take you over there, and then you could stay with them for a few weeks.
00:14:02It's too hard.
00:14:08It's not too hard, ma'am.
00:14:09Andrew can manage.
00:14:11Okay, and I'll show him exactly how you like everything done, and we can go through everything with him before we get...
00:14:15So much for him with the new baby.
00:14:31Why don't you come and stay too?
00:14:33We could have a nice holiday there.
00:14:35Well, it's not really a holiday for me, is it?
00:14:40Why?
00:14:41Because, well, okay, because what if I want to go out and meet a nice man?
00:14:44Hmm?
00:14:45Can't do that with all you's around, can I?
00:14:46I'm fucking destined to be single forever.
00:14:49You can meet a nice man on your phone any time.
00:14:55Well, I can meet a nice man on my phone any time.
00:14:57Right, and where would I bring him?
00:15:00What I'd bring him here, well, to meet you.
00:15:03Okay.
00:15:04Well, that's not going to work.
00:15:05It'd probably scare him away with your beady eyes.
00:15:09Okay.
00:15:12One, two, three.
00:15:13And now we have the jerk chicken marinade, perfect for the beady people.
00:15:29The hero of our marinade is the allspice.
00:15:31It's got a hint of cinnamon, clove, and a bit of nutmeg.
00:15:36Now we have the marinade, we're just going to use that.
00:15:38We should take this thing to get by.
00:15:39We'll take it to the cupboard.
00:15:43We'll take it to the cupboard.
00:15:54We begin at the vivid description of a 17-year-old caned debilitating social.
00:15:58Brady's prose are beautifully old-fashioned and acerbic.
00:16:01He manages to evoke the spirit of Faulkner.
00:16:03With eons, Mr. Brady's speaking to young people about something deeply personal and real.
00:16:07And I can see why young readers are devoted to it.
00:16:13Edward? Hi, Katie. You want to follow me? You want to talk about your mum, Alma?
00:16:42Yeah, so it would be for a really short-term stay. It would be like two weeks at most.
00:16:47Of course, of course. I'm sure you want to be at home with her yourself, but you have to live too.
00:16:53Look, why don't you start a conversation with mum and we'll see where we go from there.
00:17:01Are you okay?
00:17:07Edward?
00:17:10Yeah, erm...
00:17:13So, if I were to... I'm so sorry. I feel like I can't breathe or something.
00:17:17Okay, we'll just take it nice and easy.
00:17:19I feel a bit dizzy or something.
00:17:20You want to maybe have a seat?
00:17:21Yeah, if I could have a seat.
00:17:22Guys, can I get some assistance in the long corridor, please? Maybe a glass of water as well?
00:17:25I actually feel kind of faint in sitting as bad. It feels like...
00:17:29Maybe... Edward, maybe?
00:17:31Constance was the third in command of the Irish citizen army behind...
00:17:35Hmm, let's get this.
00:17:37Hey Siri, stop!
00:17:39Edward!
00:17:40I told the publishers I'd do the book tour and now I'm parked outside Hamilton Lodge and I just had a full-on panic attack in front of the manager. I don't think I can do this.
00:17:48Just stay on course.
00:17:50Well, I'm sorry. You should see this place.
00:17:52It's cold and sterile and everything smells like bleach.
00:17:55Edward!
00:17:56You're hideous!
00:17:57Look, you've been looking after other people for five years. First your father and now Alma.
00:18:02Repeat after me. I'm going to stop taking care of other people and start taking care of myself.
00:18:09I'm going to stop taking care of other people. I'm going to stop taking care of myself.
00:18:13Good.
00:18:14Now, go home and have a talk with Alma. Goodbye.
00:18:19What is wrong with you?
00:18:29Um, please, it's only a short-term stay for a couple of weeks. I promise when it's finished we'll go on a long holiday together.
00:18:37Maybe we can visit Andrew and the kids in London or hire a car and go driving down the south of France.
00:18:43Now you're always saying you wanted to do that. Well, now we can. Open top, wind in our hair. Just me and you.
00:18:53Hey, ma'am. I've got the sourdough and I've got the brie that you like and I've got some really exciting news.
00:19:01There's a couple of things we have to talk about first, but I don't want you to freak out.
00:19:04Like, I take this whole rail.
00:19:06Yeah.
00:19:07But that's not really good.
00:19:08It's a little bit of you, isn't it?
00:19:09It's a little bit of me, all right. Explain everything and what it was like working to me.
00:19:13Well, I'm going to say, straight up, Janine give us all an education this week.
00:19:17Hello?
00:19:18Hi, Edward. It's Colm.
00:19:36I'm Billy.
00:19:38We've hit rock bottom, pal. There's no easy way to say this, so we're just going to say it.
00:19:45We've decided to run away to Maspaloma's pride for three days and leave our mams with you.
00:19:50We know what we're doing is abominable, but we just can't cope anymore.
00:19:55Sure, on the outside, we always look like we have it together, but on the inside, we're a mess.
00:20:01It's the monotony, Edward. If we don't get away, honestly, we might die.
00:20:11All we're asking for is three nights. Just give them a bed and keep them fed and watered.
00:20:16That's it. We know we're the worst. We hope he can forgive us.
00:20:24Sorry.
00:20:26This is the universe taking a shit on me because I was about to do something really selfish.
00:20:31This is your friends taking a shit on you because you're an obliger.
00:20:36Huh.
00:20:37Just put your foot down and say no.
00:20:39They're already on a plane to Gran Canaria.
00:20:41I mean, who does that? Who abandons their mothers to go to fucking Maspaloma's pride, of all things?
00:20:46You know what? It's my own fault for staying friends with them. They let me down all the time and I just keep letting it go and thinking it's a one-off.
00:20:52I don't know why I seem to want to keep making the same mistake with people and expecting a different outcome.
00:20:58It's the fucking definition of madness.
00:20:59From all over the world, we travel to be one.
00:21:02Hello?
00:21:04Uh, nothing's changed, Edward. Just stay focused on talking to us.
00:21:08I'm preparing for the book tour.
00:21:10I don't know. I think the book tour's a bad idea now.
00:21:12Stop. Focus.
00:21:14This is your future. Bye.
00:21:17To find adventure. To find pride. Come and join the adventure.
00:21:34This can only happen to you. Thanks.
00:21:38Look, I can be here all the time tomorrow.
00:21:41I don't want your day off.
00:21:43What about Richard?
00:21:44You won't mind. You can pay me double.
00:21:48Okay.
00:21:50I'm out of here. And call me if you need anything.
00:21:53Okay. Okay. Bye.
00:21:55I need to talk.
00:21:57So, the trick is, as well, you know, I had this conversation all the time with my clients about length.
00:22:03The trick is, if you use this, a long-dressing screen, two to short for free, cool for left fabric, and what fitted for it, this must be good.
00:22:14Hi, ladies.
00:22:15Sorry to, er...
00:22:18So, er, I'm Edward.
00:22:21Er, this is my ma'am, Alma, that you know from Mass.
00:22:24Here. It's only small. My son rushed me out of the shop before I could find anything.
00:22:31Oh, that's a lasagna. That's very kind.
00:22:33There's a cheesecake in there, as well.
00:22:35Okay, okay. Maybe we could have the cheesecake with our tea.
00:22:37I fast on a Wednesday.
00:22:39Oh.
00:22:40It's too much. They have to go.
00:22:42No, we can...
00:22:43We're just gonna have some tea, and then we can all just...
00:22:47Hey.
00:22:51Hi.
00:22:53Where are we?
00:22:54So, you can adjust to kind of think...
00:22:56Yeah, things like that.
00:22:57My son, I love you.
00:22:58What do you feel like?
00:22:59I love your honor.
00:23:00There's nothing wrong with me.
00:23:01One of them has mobility problems, and the other one who suffers with their nerves.
00:23:04Rosie suffers with their nerves.
00:23:06No.
00:23:07Please, Edward.
00:23:08You've already got three. One more is not going to make a difference.
00:23:10Shh, shh, shh. They're listening to us.
00:23:12They're listening to us. They're just going to the kitchen.
00:23:16Ten minutes ago, you were calling me an obliger.
00:23:18I know.
00:23:19I'm saying no, sorry.
00:23:20Please, Edward.
00:23:21I'm a 53-year-old gay man with an ex-wife and a family who despise me.
00:23:25I'm living with my mother.
00:23:26You know the only time I ever get messages on Grindr?
00:23:28It's if I use a naked picture of my torso and the username Daddy, spelled D-A-D-D-I.
00:23:32Look, I think that you're looking in all the wrong places.
00:23:34If I go on a date, I spend the whole time looking over my shoulder, terrified that somebody from my own life is going to see me.
00:23:41This is a chance for me to meet other men like me.
00:23:44Dermot, you are not going to meet men like you at Mass Paloma's Pride. Trust me.
00:23:48Please, Edward.
00:23:50I need this.
00:23:52Don't worry about that. It pops right open.
00:23:59All of her clothes are in the roll away.
00:24:01And I put her iPad in there, too, because, you know, she's never off the bloody thing.
00:24:04All of her meals are in the Tupperware.
00:24:06No dairy.
00:24:07No gluten.
00:24:08No red meat.
00:24:09Excuse me.
00:24:10Can I get that bag for you, please?
00:24:11Now, all the medication is written down here, but it's pretty straightforward.
00:24:13And that really is just about everything.
00:24:15Oh, she might put you back on the food, but if she does, just hold for her.
00:24:18And, you know, don't worry.
00:24:19She's an absolute dote.
00:24:21You're going to love her.
00:24:24Okay.
00:24:25Go, go, go.
00:24:36Edward.
00:24:39Edward.
00:24:42Edward.
00:24:46Edward.
00:24:50Edward.
00:24:55Edward, I need you, please.
00:24:57Okay, blankets, blankets.
00:25:00No.
00:25:03Mum, you have got to stop.
00:25:06I want my pillows.
00:25:07Well, they need pillows, too.
00:25:09Mum, we take those pillows off your bed every night and stack them on that chair.
00:25:12And now, is the man putting kids on my bed?
00:25:15Could you just give me one second, Maud, okay?
00:25:17My son has abandoned me with strangers.
00:25:22Everything okay in here, Jean?
00:25:23That mattress is very hard.
00:25:25Okay, well, I can swap you out with Maud if you want.
00:25:27The mattress is much softer on the spare bed.
00:25:29I know.
00:25:30Apparently, I need minding now.
00:25:33He says he's worried about my vertigo.
00:25:35I know.
00:25:38Well, I don't know.
00:25:40Is it clean?
00:25:43Yes.
00:25:44Yes, it's clean.
00:25:46You're all right.
00:25:47Stay where I am.
00:25:48I have no idea who they are.
00:25:49All I know, they're crammed into his little house like sardines.
00:25:57Edward, you are being a doormat.
00:25:59You have no wife, Edward.
00:26:00No.
00:26:01Oh, sure.
00:26:02I play for the same team as your, Billy.
00:26:04Oh.
00:26:08Can I get a sip of water in that?
00:26:10Yeah, of course.
00:26:11Edward Brady.
00:26:12Just give me one minute, ma'am.
00:26:14Please.
00:26:16There.
00:26:17Oh, yeah.
00:26:19Water.
00:26:20Water.
00:26:21I'm sorry.
00:26:22I'm so sorry.
00:26:23Can I get you a water in like a couple of minutes, do you need any blankets or...
00:26:29Edward, I need you leave.
00:26:30You poor man.
00:26:31Yeah.
00:26:32Actually, can I take that pillow back?
00:26:35No.
00:26:36Excuse me.
00:26:37Say hello to Amir.
00:26:39Hi, Edward.
00:26:40Hello.
00:26:41Hello, Amir.
00:26:42Edward.
00:26:43That's it.
00:26:44I'm going now, my love.
00:26:45My son told me you're a novelist.
00:26:47I downloaded your next book onto my Kindle.
00:26:50I'm about to start it.
00:26:51I hope you like it.
00:26:52Edward.
00:26:53Play Eons by Edward Brady.
00:26:56Oh.
00:26:57Edward.
00:26:58Play Eons by Edward Brady.
00:27:01Cian castigated himself silently, took giant slugs of the poisonous blue alcohol poppy held onto for dear life.
00:27:08You were never cool.
00:27:10Not like these kids.
00:27:11I want my pillows.
00:27:13I'm just going to take that pillow back and I'll be back in like two seconds, okay?
00:27:17Thank you, Maude.
00:27:18Thank you, ma'am.
00:27:19That is absolutely outrageous.
00:27:21Look, we're going to have to make this work, okay?
00:27:24Ma'am.
00:27:25Ma'am.
00:27:26Ma'am.
00:27:27Ma'am.
00:27:28Can I get my water, please?
00:27:29I'm going to have to bring a sleeping bag in here.
00:27:31Is that okay?
00:27:32Well, where am I going to sleep?
00:27:33Uh, standing by Edward.
00:27:34Joining me all the way from Ireland is YA novelist Edward Brady.
00:27:38Here to talk about his new book Eons, which is releasing here in the States.
00:27:41It's already out in Ireland.
00:27:42Thank you so much for joining us.
00:27:43How are you doing?
00:27:44Oh, thanks.
00:27:45Thanks for having me.
00:27:46Um, I'm, I'm in a car.
00:27:47I'm sorry.
00:27:48I'm in a car.
00:27:49It's a long, it's a long story.
00:27:50It's a long story.
00:27:51Oh, thanks for having me.
00:27:52Oh, thanks.
00:27:53Thanks for having me.
00:27:54Um, I'm in a car.
00:27:55I'm sorry.
00:27:56I'm in a car.
00:27:57It's a long, it's a long story.
00:27:59You know what?
00:28:08That's all good.
00:28:09So let's talk about Eons.
00:28:10It's a love story about two young men.
00:28:13Yeah.
00:28:14Yeah, that's right.
00:28:15And it charts their relationship over the next 10 years.
00:28:17It's sort of, you know, the sort of highs and lows.
00:28:19And, um, it's, you know, it's, it is, it's, it is a love story, but it's also not a love story.
00:28:26It's it's, it's an out of love story.
00:28:28And, uh, I don't know if that makes sense, but it's because so much of the characters,
00:28:33they, sorry, go ahead.
00:28:36Go ahead.
00:28:37Uh, yeah, they got, I think, you know, it's more than a love story.
00:28:42It's about social structure and identity.
00:28:45And, you know, just, just what it must be like to be trapped inside a depressed country.
00:28:52You know, that there was once colonized.
00:28:55Okay.
00:28:56Okay.
00:28:57Well, uh, that's great.
00:28:58Edward Brady, thanks so much for joining us on the show.
00:29:00Okay.
00:29:01Listen.
00:29:03Thank you so much for having me.
00:29:05Good morning.
00:29:06St. Paul's Orthopedic.
00:29:07Hi.
00:29:08Can I speak to Raphael Dumont, please?
00:29:09He's our physio.
00:29:10One moment.
00:29:11Raphael, hey, help.
00:29:12Help.
00:29:13You've got to help me.
00:29:14They've all got appointments this morning and I, I've got no way to travel them there.
00:29:18All right, I can't, I can't.
00:29:19There's five of us.
00:29:20We won't fit in their car with, you know, with the wheelchair.
00:29:21How?
00:29:22What happened?
00:29:23Can't walk, please.
00:29:24Ralph, just see if you can get the bus.
00:29:25It's fine.
00:29:26It's fine.
00:29:27It's fine.
00:29:28It's fine.
00:29:29Ladies.
00:29:30May I present to you Lady Alma Von Grady.
00:29:35A man wants to put on her Sunday best for this.
00:29:39Okay.
00:29:40It's fine.
00:29:41It's fine.
00:29:42It's fine.
00:29:43Ladies.
00:29:44May I present to you Lady Alma Von Grady.
00:29:48A man wants to put on her Sunday best for this.
00:29:53Okay.
00:29:54It's fine.
00:29:55It's fine.
00:29:56This.
00:29:57Okay.
00:29:58Who's hungry?
00:29:59Me.
00:30:00Good.
00:30:01Do you want to join us, Jean?
00:30:03No.
00:30:11I just thought it might be nice if we all ate together.
00:30:14Is it the N or the O that's confusing?
00:30:18Will your son make us breakfast?
00:30:22We'll not have time.
00:30:25He has a lot of work today.
00:30:30He is a writer.
00:30:32What does your son do?
00:30:36Well, he's a psychotherapist.
00:30:38Her son is one of his clients.
00:30:41Why does your son need therapy?
00:30:47Fuck's sakes!
00:30:51Do you need a hand or...?
00:30:59OK, breakfast. How does omelette with spinach and feta cheese sound?
00:31:05No?
00:31:07Cornflakes will do me.
00:31:08I don't think we have those.
00:31:10What sort of a house doesn't have cereal?
00:31:12Could you go to the shops?
00:31:14OK, sure.
00:31:15Too far.
00:31:16No, no, ma'am. It's 60 seconds away. Does anyone else need anything?
00:31:19I'd like sausages.
00:31:21OK.
00:31:22A scone, please.
00:31:23OK, sausages, scone...
00:31:24Give him money.
00:31:25I can... ma'am, ma'am!
00:31:26No, I can manage.
00:31:31I can... OK.
00:31:32Two minutes away.
00:31:33Oh, it's two minutes away. Don't worry about it. It's just two minutes away.
00:31:36Oh, it's two minutes away. Don't worry about it. It's just two minutes away.
00:31:40What happened?
00:31:41So, I think, like, we've seen changes in many species in their populations, and, say, with barnoads,
00:31:53the barnoads are very much a bird of farmland. So, when we look, you know, there's been huge changes in the Irish countryside,
00:31:58the identification of barnoads, say, you know, lots of hedgerows, even changes to older-starved farm buildings,
00:32:04where barnoads would have, you know, they're very much, as their name implies,
00:32:07a bird associated with farm buildings, with farms, investing in farm buildings.
00:32:20Hey, give me a call. The meeting is set for 12. I've sent you a link.
00:32:25Also, like, have you spoken to Alma yet, because we...
00:32:38OK, let's get this breakfast going.
00:32:42And then, maybe, after breakfast, you and I could talk about, you know, something...
00:32:46I am hungry.
00:32:47Something that might be happening that's really exciting...
00:32:49I am hungry.
00:32:50...with my work. So, if we could get a chance to talk about it.
00:32:52I am hungry.
00:32:53OK, OK, Jesus Christ.
00:32:55OK.
00:33:06I need to talk to you about this thing that might happen, and it's...
00:33:10It's only an idea now, so don't freak out.
00:33:12Why are you in therapy?
00:33:14What?
00:33:19Who told you I was in therapy?
00:33:20I don't know, ma'am, OK? I'm a writer. I'm neurotic.
00:33:27Were you abused?
00:33:28No.
00:33:30No, I wasn't abused.
00:33:33Jesus.
00:33:37Are you depressed?
00:33:38No, I'm not depressed.
00:33:39Hello?
00:33:40Hello? Is the man bringing me to mass?
00:33:49I am sick of them. I want to go to bed.
00:33:51What are you talking about? You just got up.
00:33:53You're right. They are a nightmare.
00:34:03So greedy.
00:34:05And rude.
00:34:07Maybe we should just tell them to go home.
00:34:10And just let them fend for themselves.
00:34:12Wow.
00:34:19We can do it together.
00:34:20Uh-huh.
00:34:22OK. OK.
00:34:23What if that's what you think?
00:34:24Hi, Antwoord.
00:34:29Hopefully he's behaving himself.
00:34:31Guess what?
00:34:35Stop, guy, from the airplane.
00:34:37He'll be very proud of me.
00:34:39Later.
00:34:49Look at this.
00:34:51Look at this.
00:34:52Look at this.
00:34:53Look at this.
00:34:54Come on.
00:34:58OK.
00:34:59We drop Maud off at the funeral first.
00:35:00And then me and Jean go to the hospital.
00:35:02Then we drop Rosie off at her book club.
00:35:04Raph brings Mum to her hair appointment.
00:35:05And then I can get back in time for my work call.
00:35:07OK?
00:35:08Sound good to everyone?
00:35:11Raph can bring you, OK?
00:35:12I can't drive the bus.
00:35:13Someone's got to go with Jean.
00:35:15OK, fine.
00:35:16OK.
00:35:17We drop Maud off at the funeral first.
00:35:18Then we all go and wait with Jean at the hospital.
00:35:20And then I can bring Mum to her hair appointment.
00:35:22Happy?
00:35:23OK.
00:35:24That's what we'll do.
00:35:25That's what we'll do.
00:35:26OK?
00:35:27Change of plan.
00:35:28That can just go away.
00:35:30Hi, Antwoord.
00:35:31Brighton!
00:35:32Edward, I need to talk to you about something that's coming up with the publishers.
00:35:37They have listened back to radio interviews and they're concerned with how you're coming across.
00:35:42You need to stop talking about social structures and colonization because no teenager is going to buy this book based on subtext.
00:35:49Edward, don't laugh.
00:35:53See, I met these really nice guys from Ghent, like these bears.
00:35:57You know, like hairy gay men.
00:35:59They're super nice and they invite me to go clubbing tonight.
00:36:01They gave me this to wear but...
00:36:03I mean, do you think this is appropriate?
00:36:05I feel stupid.
00:36:06I feel...
00:36:08I feel sexy.
00:36:09OK, but mind to step.
00:36:11Mind to step.
00:36:14I must confess, girl, yes, I wanna be your lover.
00:36:18Take a chance, my lover's like no other.
00:36:20Loving you, not like your brother.
00:36:22Oh, yeah, wanna be your lover.
00:36:26For fuck's sake.
00:36:28I don't know what you said how much I got in with me for.
00:36:30I'm not an invalid.
00:36:32How do I stop it?
00:36:34Just...
00:36:37There you go.
00:36:39It's my boyfriend, Amir.
00:36:42You'll think I've run off with someone else now.
00:36:45He's the jealous type.
00:36:46Nice.
00:36:47I found it impossible to have a relationship with an Irish man.
00:36:50Yeah.
00:36:51Me too.
00:36:52Irish men are so frustrating.
00:36:54One minute they're all over you and the next they're...
00:36:57They've gone.
00:36:59I've been there.
00:37:00Do you have a significant other?
00:37:03I have a boyfriend.
00:37:04Richard.
00:37:05Richard.
00:37:06He's Dutch.
00:37:07Oh.
00:37:09I've lots of gay friends.
00:37:10Two of my best friends, Tim and Ian, they have an antiques business.
00:37:14I remember walking into their shop in Harold's Cross 20 years ago and saying,
00:37:19Do you know where I could find a poof?
00:37:21And Tim opened his arms wide and said, Darling, will this poof do?
00:37:26Do you?
00:37:27Sweet Jesus.
00:37:28Jane?
00:37:29Mm-hmm.
00:37:30Why?
00:37:31Why?
00:37:32Jane.
00:37:33Jane.
00:37:34Jane.
00:37:35Jane.
00:37:36Jane, I want you to stand, not holding onto the bar for two minutes.
00:37:39It's only two minutes and the bar is right there if you need it.
00:37:40Okay?
00:37:41Okay?
00:37:42Okay.
00:37:43Okay.
00:37:44Okay?
00:37:45Okay.
00:37:46Okay.
00:37:47Okay.
00:37:48Okay.
00:37:49Okay.
00:37:50Okay.
00:37:51Gene, Gene, Gene, I want you to stand, not holding on to the bar for two minutes.
00:38:02It's only two minutes and the bar is right there if you need it, okay?
00:38:09Okay.
00:38:11Good.
00:38:31And relax, okay?
00:38:35Gene, we both know what's needed here.
00:38:38Think about the amount of freedom a worker would give you, not having to rely on other
00:38:42people.
00:38:45Gene.
00:38:50Do you need a hand, Gene?
00:39:03Just excuse me one moment.
00:39:07I'll just take these empties with me.
00:39:09Take these empties with me.
00:39:12Are you okay for everything, Kara?
00:39:17Thank you very much.
00:39:18Are you okay, Nadine?
00:39:20Is there anything I can do there?
00:39:22Oh, I'm okay.
00:39:24Hey.
00:39:25Hey, Maud.
00:39:26Hey.
00:39:27You ready to go?
00:39:28Oh.
00:39:29Dry these for me.
00:39:30What?
00:39:31I can't.
00:39:32No, Maud.
00:39:33I...
00:39:34Just wait a minute.
00:39:35Sorry.
00:39:36Who is that woman?
00:39:38Um...
00:39:39Maud?
00:39:40She...
00:39:41Was she a friend of my granddad's?
00:39:45Uh...
00:39:46Uh...
00:39:47Excuse me.
00:39:48Holy Mary, Mother of God, pray for sinners now that they are for death to me.
00:39:52Glory be to the Father, and the Son, and the Holy Ghost, as it was in the beginning
00:39:52is now, and ever shall be word for death to me.
00:39:54Um...
00:39:55And God...
00:39:56God bless you.
00:39:57You have been very good.
00:39:58What?
00:39:59We have to go.
00:40:00This is Edward.
00:40:01Hello.
00:40:02Hi.
00:40:03Betty Bird.
00:40:04Oh, I'm so sorry.
00:40:12I know.
00:40:13I'm sorry.
00:40:14My publishers are calling me, so I have to go.
00:40:20Oh, God.
00:40:25I have to come, I'm sorry, I'm so sorry my publishers are calling me so I have to go.
00:40:33Stacy, I really can't talk now, I'm in the middle of something.
00:40:35Okay, don't freak out. The meeting is being pushed and we've got a bit of a problem.
00:40:42Look, they sent me a list of things they want you to consider so brace yourself.
00:40:46Number one, they think your synopsis is way too long.
00:40:49Number two, they think your voice is getting free.
00:40:51Number three, they want you to be quick or authority.
00:40:53Or you're promoting a gay novel at a time when they're burning LGBT books in this country.
00:40:57Remember your readers are sophisticated.
00:40:59Edward, you can't cope.
00:41:01Ma'am, please, please stop, please.
00:41:03I'm sorry to cause you trouble.
00:41:05No, you didn't, Maude, it's fine, it's totally fine.
00:41:07Who was your meeting supposed to be with?
00:41:10My publicist, it's about promoting my book in America.
00:41:14He is a very important writer, but gets so nervous before his meetings.
00:41:18Why do you get nervous?
00:41:20I don't, I don't get nervous.
00:41:21You should get Dermot to prescribe some anti-anxiety medication.
00:41:25Yes, yes.
00:41:26Therapist myself.
00:41:27I don't need anti-anxiety medication.
00:41:30Well, I take a half cheeky if I'm flying anywhere and it's not a bother on me then.
00:41:35Well, I mean, I get that because if you don't like flying, but I don't need anti-anxiety medication.
00:41:39It's just I don't like having meetings, which is completely normal.
00:41:42Normal.
00:41:43Why?
00:41:44Because I don't like talking to people.
00:41:46That's, I like being on my own.
00:41:48Weird.
00:41:49It's not, it's not weird, ma'am.
00:41:51What was his father like?
00:41:53Weird.
00:41:54Ma'am!
00:41:56You are just like your dad.
00:41:58I am not, do not, do not compare me to dad right now, please.
00:42:01The very same.
00:42:02I can't, no.
00:42:03Jeez, this is fucking terrible.
00:42:04He mustn't be going too well.
00:42:05Now you have all made him mad and I didn't get my hair done.
00:42:20None of us asked to be here in the first place, you know.
00:42:51That's the food that Dermot gave me for you.
00:42:56Okay.
00:43:04Nationalism.
00:43:05This free state is not the state they wanted.
00:43:07This is not the state that they have fought for.
00:43:09In many ways, the state that came into being.
00:43:16See how your hand is square with long fingers?
00:43:20In Palmer Street, this is what we call an air hand.
00:43:23Air people were known for being very thoughtful and considerate.
00:43:28Very generous with other people.
00:43:31Very sociable.
00:43:34Always making others feel welcome and at ease.
00:43:39Should we see if anyone else wants a hand massage?
00:43:49Well, the round palm is usually an indication of a creative person.
00:44:00Well, I've always been a very creative person.
00:44:03I love making art.
00:44:04Yeah?
00:44:05What kind of art?
00:44:06All sorts.
00:44:07I did a course recently and...
00:44:12What's it called?
00:44:13Painting?
00:44:14Painting?
00:44:15No.
00:44:16Drawing?
00:44:17No.
00:44:19Oh, it'll come back to me.
00:44:21Do me.
00:44:24I had a fall last year and I ended up with a torn rotator cuff.
00:44:28Oh, no.
00:44:29You poor thing.
00:44:30What does the shape of her hand say?
00:44:32Oh, okay.
00:44:33Let's see.
00:44:36Oh, this tells us that she's a woman of great faith.
00:44:40Ah.
00:44:41See all of these little small lines here?
00:44:43These are all of your guardian angels.
00:44:45See how many of them you have?
00:44:47I can feel them with me.
00:44:50Hmm.
00:44:51Ceramics.
00:44:52Ceramics.
00:44:53That's what it was.
00:44:55Nothing bad now, do you hear me?
00:44:57Hmm?
00:45:00This is usually a sign of a joyous life right here.
00:45:03Well, that's fucking wrong anyway.
00:45:06Do you fight with people, Jean?
00:45:09Hmm.
00:45:10I fight with everyone.
00:45:12I fight with myself if there's no one else around.
00:45:14Things would have been easier when Larry was around.
00:45:18He was good at making me see sense.
00:45:24How old?
00:45:26How old am I?
00:45:28How old was Larry?
00:45:30Sixty-nine.
00:45:31He was only a pup.
00:45:33Hmm.
00:45:35When did your husband die, Alma?
00:45:39Two years.
00:45:45Just lay there.
00:45:47He's gorgeous, Jean.
00:45:49Oh.
00:45:50Lovely.
00:45:53That's Nigel.
00:46:00Michael.
00:46:06You would love to see them walking through the door, asking for their dinner.
00:46:11You said them spoiled.
00:46:15Ah, no.
00:46:16They did their part.
00:46:17They did.
00:46:18They still got away with murder, though.
00:46:19At least the one in this house did.
00:46:20My man waited on him hand and foot for 40 years.
00:46:23Yeah, but they worked very hard.
00:46:25And it was different times.
00:46:27So, yous worked hard too.
00:46:29Well, that's true.
00:46:30So, why should yous not have been given the same opportunities that they were?
00:46:33Well, I never married.
00:46:35Never had to cook a meal for a man in my life.
00:46:38See? And what, you still managed to make a good life for you and Dermot on your own?
00:46:41Oh, it wasn't a good life, Edward.
00:46:43Right.
00:46:45She needed a man.
00:46:46She didn't need a man, ma'am.
00:46:48Maybe I did.
00:46:49I was very lonely.
00:46:51Well, now look, you've got a mirror.
00:46:53Yeah, that's true.
00:46:55Of course, we've never met.
00:46:57How does that work?
00:46:58Well, we talk on the computer every day.
00:47:00What's the point of that?
00:47:01It's company, I suppose.
00:47:03He wants to come over and pay a visit, but I don't know.
00:47:06Why complicate things with sex?
00:47:09Jesus, I complicate things with sex given half a chance.
00:47:23I honestly don't think it's that big a deal, Edward.
00:47:26Writers do this type of thing all the time.
00:47:28So just be yourself and charm them and we'll get on.
00:47:31Hey.
00:47:34Are you okay?
00:47:38They want me to do, um, sit in front of a marketing team tomorrow and do a mock Q&A on Zoom.
00:47:44Why?
00:47:45Because apparently my voice needs to be more persuasive in interviews.
00:47:48And that's...
00:47:49It's not funny.
00:47:50It's not funny.
00:47:51My story's not just thinking about it.
00:47:52I'm not up for it.
00:47:53I'm not...
00:47:54You're such a drama queen.
00:47:55Ah, fuck you.
00:47:56Fuck you.
00:47:57These American pricks hate my voice.
00:47:58Come on.
00:47:59You'll be fine.
00:48:06I should go.
00:48:07Okay.
00:48:08Okay.
00:48:13You're okay?
00:48:14You're okay.
00:48:41Sorry.
00:48:42You're okay.
00:48:43I don't...
00:48:44I don't...
00:48:45I'm...
00:48:48I don't...
00:48:49I'm...
00:48:50You're fine.
00:48:51Alright.
00:48:52I don't...
00:48:53I don't...
00:48:54I don't...
00:49:00I'm...
00:49:02I'm here for all of them.
00:49:15I'll just go.
00:49:21Hello and welcome to The Galley, a podcast from Vulture.
00:49:25Tonight we'll be talking to Irish novelist Edward Brady
00:49:28about his debut novel, Eons.
00:49:30Edward, thanks for being with us.
00:49:32Oh, thanks for having me.
00:49:34Edward.
00:49:35Oh my god. Oh my god.
00:49:48Jean.
00:49:50Jean!
00:49:52Jean!
00:49:54Jean!
00:49:56Jean!
00:49:57Jean!
00:49:58Jean!
00:49:59What the fuck is going on?
00:50:00Opinions matter. How are you, Anthony?
00:50:02How's it going?
00:50:03So tell me what happened with you?
00:50:04Gene!
00:50:05Gene!
00:50:06Gene!
00:50:07Gene!
00:50:09Gene!
00:50:28Can you tell me where you dropped her off?
00:50:29The driver was saying that he dropped her off at Mulligan.
00:50:31Okay.
00:50:32A small red brick placed over beside Garvey.
00:50:34Okay, Copper Road.
00:50:35Okay.
00:50:36Jeff, no problem, buddy.
00:50:47Here I go, out to sea again.
00:50:52The sunshine fills the air.
00:50:56There's music everywhere.
00:51:03Gold's in the sky.
00:51:08And in my blue eyes.
00:51:11No, it feels unfair.
00:51:15There's magic everywhere.
00:51:16There's magic everywhere.
00:51:17There's magic everywhere.
00:51:18There's magic everywhere.
00:51:22Look at me standing.
00:51:24Look at me standing.
00:51:27Here on my own again.
00:51:31Up straight into sunshine.
00:51:36There's magic everywhere.
00:51:37No need.
00:51:38I'm...
00:51:39No need.
00:51:40I'm...
00:51:41No need.
00:51:42No need.
00:51:43Jane.
00:51:44My leg is stuck.
00:51:45No need.
00:51:46No need.
00:51:47I'm...
00:51:48No need.
00:51:49No need.
00:51:50No need.
00:51:51No need.
00:51:52No need.
00:51:53No need.
00:51:54No need.
00:51:55No need.
00:51:56There's magic everywhere.
00:51:57My leg is stuck.
00:51:58No need.
00:51:59No need.
00:52:00No need.
00:52:01No need.
00:52:02No need.
00:52:03No need.
00:52:04No need.
00:52:05No need.
00:52:06What is your style there?
00:52:10What is your style there?
00:52:11No.
00:52:12Okay.
00:52:13No, not quiet.
00:52:14No.
00:52:15Close it down.
00:52:16Yeah, close it.
00:52:17Quietly.
00:52:18Quietly.
00:52:19Oh.
00:52:20That's a chain.
00:52:22That's not quiet.
00:52:23Oh, here we are.
00:52:29Jean, no, it's quite a bit.
00:52:30I mean, it's grand, it's grand.
00:52:34Second now.
00:52:39Okay.
00:52:40Good night.
00:52:42Who says if I came home, I wouldn't have to drink on me own, so sit down?
00:52:46It's late, Jean.
00:52:47Who cares? Sit down.
00:52:54Drink.
00:53:05I suppose I really needed myself in that place, did I?
00:53:10No, I don't think so.
00:53:12I'm sure there was no one there anyway.
00:53:14Hmm.
00:53:15Because I wasn't even going there to begin with.
00:53:18And where were you going?
00:53:20I was going into town to fuck that walker in the Liffey.
00:53:25I just need to give it a chance, you know, just take some time to get used to.
00:53:30Does it?
00:53:32In all your experience of using a walker, takes a bit of time to get used to, does it?
00:53:40Sorry.
00:53:41Well, he warned me.
00:53:44He said if I didn't start moving, it'd be like this forever.
00:53:50Well, I didn't listen.
00:53:55So, here we are.
00:54:00Your mum misses him something shocking, doesn't she?
00:54:02I suppose.
00:54:03Hmm.
00:54:04She does.
00:54:07Yeah, well, I don't know why.
00:54:09I used to kill each other.
00:54:10She always seems to forget that part.
00:54:12She's used to bollock the head off, Larry.
00:54:14You'd hear me bawling him over it all over the estate.
00:54:17She does just the way it was in them days.
00:54:20But there was a few crosswords.
00:54:23So what?
00:54:25Didn't do us any harm, did it?
00:54:27Mm-hm.
00:54:30Well, I wouldn't say we escaped unscathed, Jean.
00:54:33I mean, you know, we're all in therapy.
00:54:36We're fucking broke, confused, homeless.
00:54:42Crippled with anxiety and incapable of sustaining any kind of meaningful relationship with another person.
00:54:48So...
00:54:49How the fuck was all that our fault?
00:54:58I'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.
00:55:04And then if one parent keeps telling you all the details of the fight, you know, when you're ten,
00:55:08because they don't have anyone else to talk to about it.
00:55:10And then you add to all of that all of the crazy, regressive, religious bullshit that you keep throwing at us.
00:55:17And 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...
00:55:30scared.
00:55:31You know, it's...
00:55:35You don't know why.
00:55:47You don't know why.
00:55:52Jean.
00:55:53Jean.
00:55:54Hmm.
00:55:55Jesus.
00:55:56I thought someone had stuck a coin in you there.
00:55:59Come on.
00:56:01Come on, lie down.
00:56:06What's that?
00:56:08Ah, ladies.
00:56:10Figure up out of that.
00:56:13We're loving our song.
00:56:14Good night, Jean.
00:56:19Where are you going with the camera now?
00:56:21Ah, I know you're trying to listen to the news.
00:56:23Ah, go on.
00:56:25Hello, Chloe and Leila.
00:56:26I hope you've been very good for your mother and father.
00:56:29Now, go on.
00:56:30Grandad is just full of chat this morning, girls.
00:56:44Thanks for doing my other video.
00:56:45How were you waiting on that video?
00:56:47I can't believe you.
00:56:50Let me ask a little question button.
00:56:51You give him a second?
00:56:54Nice.
00:56:56Serving to open a second each night.
00:56:59You're going to be shirtless?
00:57:01mood.
00:57:03The dogji was JeżeliER and compassion synchronized.
00:57:05Isn't it wonderful?
00:57:07It's super fun.
00:57:09It's too Ringgol Kutner.
00:57:10I will ask Spirit for a name.
00:57:19Spirit will tell me who they are and how they passed.
00:57:22And all I ask of you is that if you recognise that name,
00:57:27you validate what I'm saying.
00:57:29She's very good, isn't she?
00:57:30All right?
00:57:32Spirit, do you have a name for us today?
00:57:37Edward, they are asking me to confirm your flight and itinerary.
00:57:40Ah, they...
00:57:41Hey, I need to talk to you in private for a minute.
00:57:53Want to go to Galway.
00:57:56What?
00:57:58Want to see more of the medium.
00:58:00Ma'am, ma'am, what are you talking about?
00:58:03Galway.
00:58:07Medium.
00:58:08Your mummy was showing us these videos of Maura the Medium
00:58:12and Rosie was saying we should find out if she did in-person mediation.
00:58:18Anyway, we sent her a message on Facebook
00:58:20and to cut a long story short,
00:58:22she's booked us in for a session at four o'clock today.
00:58:27We just want to know that they're at peace.
00:58:30Who?
00:58:30Your daddy.
00:58:31And Nigel.
00:58:31And Larry.
00:58:33I just fancied the idea of a road trip.
00:58:35We are absolutely not going on a six-hour round trip to Galway, okay?
00:58:53I have a really important call with my publishers at five...
00:58:56Bring your computer.
00:58:57Bring my computer?
00:58:58Are you for real?
00:59:00I have to be here.
00:59:01What if there's no Wi-Fi?
00:59:02Be fine.
00:59:03Oh, be fine.
00:59:03Be fine.
00:59:04Be fine.
00:59:05Be fine.
00:59:05Okay, you've certainly changed your tune.
00:59:06We're not going to Galway, sorry.
00:59:08And I have to speak to you about something urgent.
00:59:14Ma'am.
00:59:14I want to be with you.
00:59:44I found your booth on Amazon, Edward.
01:00:13Oh, look, there's reviews here.
01:00:15Will I read them out?
01:00:16No, thank you.
01:00:17This fellow came at five stars.
01:00:19It says, it's a wonderful novel.
01:00:21The characters are very human.
01:00:23Oh, hang on.
01:00:25There's a bad one.
01:00:26Can't see where all the fuss is about.
01:00:28Which he knows.
01:00:29Not one to be handed out unless it's to the charity shop.
01:00:32You can stop now.
01:00:33That's well, but goes nowhere.
01:00:35I'll put it down after 50 pages.
01:00:37How the fuck does he know it goes nowhere then?
01:00:39Please stop, Jean.
01:00:41You're my agent.
01:00:42You should buy me some more time.
01:00:44I'm in the middle of...
01:00:45What's Edward's book about?
01:00:46I have been trying to tell her for two days now.
01:00:48It's about a relationship between two young gay men.
01:00:51One is a teenager from Leitrim.
01:00:54The other is a 22-year-old posh boy from London.
01:00:57That sounds good, doesn't it?
01:00:58It may have been cheap, but we're gays.
01:01:00I'm just at the bit where the main character takes his mother to the Gresham Hotel for tea,
01:01:05so he can tell he's gay.
01:01:07I thought what Edward did with you, Emma.
01:01:10Edward's coming up was very fun.
01:01:12What happened?
01:01:13When Edward was 17, he snuck out to a gay bar and got off with this air steward.
01:01:22Sven.
01:01:23Sven.
01:01:24Sven from Sweden.
01:01:25He was much older.
01:01:27He wasn't that much older, Alma.
01:01:30Um, whatever.
01:01:32So, one weekend, Edward lied and told Alma he was staying with a friend,
01:01:37but actually he flew to Sweden to stay with Sven.
01:01:39When he was just 17?
01:01:41I know, he was such a badass back then, right?
01:01:42So, you can just imagine 17-year-old Edward hanging out in Sven's fancy apartment
01:01:49when all of a sudden, the phone rings and somebody's on the line.
01:01:55I said, is my son there?
01:01:57Why did you know where he was?
01:01:59Traced the number.
01:02:00She traced the number.
01:02:05The problem would have been about 22, I'd say.
01:02:09I mean, he would have been very moody at that age, always on his own.
01:02:13And then suddenly he had this friend, Adrian, and he used to drive up to the house in a red beamer and he'd wrinkle him off to the pictures.
01:02:19And one day they were driving off and I says to Larry, I think your man is a bit more than a friend.
01:02:27It's a laugh.
01:02:28It's a laugh.
01:02:31My youngest, Nicola, kept saying, he's gay, mummy, he's gay.
01:02:37I says, I don't want to know, I really don't want to know.
01:02:40Then it all came to a head one night because a chap Nicola was working with saw Billy dancing in a bar.
01:02:47So he was summoned home and confronted on it.
01:02:51No, not by me.
01:02:52I couldn't hack it.
01:02:54I ran upstairs and locked myself in the bathroom and wouldn't come out.
01:02:58What did you do that for?
01:03:00I just found it very hard.
01:03:03I still do.
01:03:05Would you prefer he kept it a secret until he was 53 and married with kids?
01:03:10Exactly.
01:03:10Edward, your phone.
01:03:19Will I answer it?
01:03:20Oh, yes, please.
01:03:21Hi, Edward.
01:03:22It's Katie here from Hamilton Lodge Residential Care.
01:03:25I just wanted to see...
01:03:25I'm actually driving at the minute, so can I call you back?
01:03:29Yeah, okay.
01:03:31All right.
01:03:32Okay, bye-bye.
01:03:33Bye-bye.
01:03:37Did that go on there?
01:03:40Okay.
01:04:10Everyone ready?
01:04:19Well, hello.
01:04:20You're most welcome.
01:04:21Hello.
01:04:22Come in, come in.
01:04:24You can hang your jacket up in the hall if you like.
01:04:26Oh, thank you.
01:04:27Oh, jeez.
01:04:45Oh, jeez.
01:04:53Pancake!
01:04:54Would you ever do something about them pigeons?
01:04:58Little bastards are nesting above in the draining pipes.
01:05:02Right.
01:05:03I'm going to do a star three card spread,
01:05:06and then I'll put a call out and see who comes in to us.
01:05:08Um...
01:05:09Now, just so yous know,
01:05:10the messages they have might not mean anything in the here and now.
01:05:15Oftentimes, it's when yous go home and reflect
01:05:18that whatever they say starts to make sense.
01:05:21All right?
01:05:37The lovers.
01:05:45Betrayal.
01:05:51The hermit.
01:05:52Oh.
01:05:55It's going to be a bumpy ride.
01:05:57Okay.
01:06:09Okay.
01:06:13One of them's very giddy.
01:06:15Keeps telling me jokes.
01:06:17It's Larry.
01:06:19Right.
01:06:19And there's another lad very offended by Larry's jokes.
01:06:25Nigel.
01:06:28Yes.
01:06:32And now there's a third gentleman who's not a bit pleased to be here.
01:06:37Says his wife, Alma, should know better than wasting money on the likes of me.
01:06:42Is that familiar?
01:06:42Michael.
01:06:46Fond of giving out this fellow, is he?
01:06:49Still asking what in the name of Jesus you're doing here?
01:06:58I just want to know that he is at peace.
01:07:03He's very much at peace.
01:07:05But he misses you terribly.
01:07:07I had a stroke, Michael, and I lost my voice.
01:07:12He says he can hear you just fine.
01:07:16Edward is putting me in a home.
01:07:18Ma'am.
01:07:28That is not true.
01:07:32That is not.
01:07:33Can we just talk about this later?
01:07:34The publishers wanted me to go to America for a book tour for ten days.
01:07:50Okay?
01:07:51So I just went to go and take a look at a place just to see if it might be somewhere that you might like.
01:07:56I'm not going there.
01:07:57Okay, yes, fine.
01:07:57You're not going there.
01:07:58Okay, so...
01:07:59Just a minute.
01:08:02Michael has a message for Edward.
01:08:03Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
01:08:05I'm sorry, ladies, but...
01:08:06No, I don't want to do that.
01:08:06Would you give us some space?
01:08:08No, no, no, no, no, no, no.
01:08:08I don't want to be part of that.
01:08:09You talk to your daddy, Edward.
01:08:10No!
01:08:11You sit down here.
01:08:12I don't want to sit down there.
01:08:13I don't want to be here.
01:08:14I don't want to be here.
01:08:22Does the letter R mean anything?
01:08:25No.
01:08:27R?
01:08:28No.
01:08:30Raph.
01:08:30Raphael used to be Edward's boyfriend, but he broke up with Edward because Edward wouldn't commit.
01:08:38And now Raph has a new boyfriend, and they're moving to France together.
01:08:44Spirit says you haven't been yourself, Edward.
01:08:47Okay, that's enough.
01:08:48He says you have to man up.
01:08:50Take better care of the people you love.
01:08:53Don't make the same mistake you made with Ralph again.
01:08:56Come on now.
01:08:57Do better.
01:09:00Take better care of the people I love.
01:09:05Wait.
01:09:06The way he did.
01:09:08Okay.
01:09:09Why don't you ask Spirit why my mom had to raise two kids on her own while he went off and did whatever he wanted with whoever he wanted.
01:09:17Because he did, ma'am.
01:09:18That's, I mean, you want me to talk to dad?
01:09:20That's fine.
01:09:20I'll talk to dad.
01:09:21Ask Spirit how he felt about having a gay son.
01:09:23Edward, stop.
01:09:24You've got such a selective memory when it comes to that man, ma'am.
01:09:30Do you ever think about what he put me through?
01:09:32And no matter what I did, no matter what I did, he would always be disappointed.
01:09:36And who was there for him when he was sick?
01:09:38I was.
01:09:39And I know Andrew.
01:09:40He, I mean, Andrew brought the house down with the eulogy.
01:09:43He brought the house down.
01:09:44But was he there when it really mattered?
01:09:47No.
01:09:47I was.
01:09:48I was.
01:09:49I was there.
01:09:49And I am here right now.
01:09:52And just because I don't have kids doesn't mean my life has no value.
01:10:06Alma, are you okay?
01:10:13Mom.
01:10:16Mom, I'm sorry.
01:10:19I'm sorry.
01:10:20If I actually think I have to start that in front of me.
01:10:26Oh, Jesus Christ.
01:10:27Are you all right?
01:10:28I'm all right, Edward.
01:10:29Edward.
01:10:30Are you all right, Edward?
01:10:31Give him some space.
01:10:33Are you all right?
01:10:34Don't worry about a thing.
01:10:36If your father is by your side, his hand is on your shoulder.
01:10:39That's the last fucking thing he wants to hear.
01:10:42Should we say a rosary?
01:10:44A rosary?
01:10:45A rosary?
01:10:46Oh my God, there's something wrong with Alma.
01:10:48Alma, are you okay?
01:10:50Alma, you've nothing to worry about, pet.
01:10:53Michael is holding your hand.
01:10:55Stop making that sound like someone is going to die.
01:10:58No one is going to die.
01:10:59I'll call an ambulance.
01:11:01Someone get a paper bag from that drawer over there.
01:11:04Mom, please talk to her.
01:11:06Please talk to her.
01:11:07Breathe in.
01:11:07Breathe in.
01:11:08Breathe in.
01:11:09The hospital wants to know, is anyone having a heart attack?
01:11:13I don't know.
01:11:15We don't know if the chap is gay.
01:11:17What the fuck has that got to do with it, Anton?
01:11:19I don't know who you talk to.
01:11:24We can hang up mode.
01:11:26They're fine.
01:11:27Oh, thank God.
01:11:29That's it.
01:11:30That's it.
01:11:30There we go.
01:11:31Well, I'll tell you one thing, ladies.
01:11:38The lads are going buck wild.
01:11:41Sweet Jesus.
01:11:42Oh my God.
01:11:43Are they still here?
01:11:50Well, they are indeed.
01:11:51Where are they?
01:11:58They're standing in the corner there behind Alma.
01:12:02And they're singing a ballad.
01:12:04One morning as I went afowling, bright Phoebus adorning the play.
01:12:18It was down by the shades of the cavern I met with this wonderful dame.
01:12:29Her voice was so sweet and so pleasing.
01:12:36These wonderful notes she did sing.
01:12:42Hi, everyone.
01:12:54Hi.
01:12:55Hello, everyone.
01:12:55Oh my God, Edward, where are you?
01:12:58It's actually, it's a long story, but I'm on a minibus.
01:13:01Like a, I don't know what you said, like a bus.
01:13:04I'm on a bus.
01:13:05Edward, just get everyone else is here and let's you and me talk.
01:13:09Sure, sure.
01:13:10Okay, so where do you want to start, darling?
01:13:13Shall we do influencers?
01:13:15Why don't you talk about the books that had an impact on you as a teenager?
01:13:24Okay.
01:13:24Okay.
01:13:25I actually have something to confess to you guys, and I know my timing is appalling on
01:13:43this, but I don't know for sure if I am going to be able to get over there.
01:13:54Things with my mom, she's, you know, she's quite unwell.
01:13:57As I mentioned before, and I can't...
01:13:59Edward, I'm sorry, just to clarify here, are you saying that you can't come over for the
01:14:03tour now?
01:14:04Edward, we're going to take a breath here, okay?
01:14:05Edward, we have a two-week tour booked in good faith.
01:14:12We have bookstores and press and signings.
01:14:16We have Ann Patchett doing a Q&A with you and her story in Nashville.
01:14:20I mean...
01:14:20Yeah.
01:14:25I just don't know if I can, at this moment, with the way things are.
01:14:55Hi Edward, we've just landed, so I'd say we'll be with you now in about an hour.
01:15:00I'm with this grumpy dope dope who won't even talk to me.
01:15:03I can fucking hear you.
01:15:05See the state of that?
01:15:07That's been my holiday for three fucking days.
01:15:11Anyway, see you soon.
01:15:55Thanks for today.
01:16:03It was an adventure.
01:16:05Yeah.
01:16:08What?
01:16:12Don't go.
01:16:16Edward, that's...
01:16:18That's not fair.
01:16:19You're using me as a distraction.
01:16:25I'm not using me.
01:16:26You are.
01:16:27I'm not.
01:16:27You need to focus on what's important now.
01:16:30Your book, Alma.
01:16:34Our time is gone and I'm...
01:16:37Why?
01:16:39Why?
01:16:40Why has it gone?
01:16:40Maybe because I'm with someone else now.
01:16:42What do you think?
01:16:42I don't know where things go with you.
01:16:50I kiss you back and then poof, you disappear.
01:16:53Where is Edward?
01:16:54I don't know.
01:16:54He's writing his book now.
01:16:56He's busy.
01:16:57He's mine and Alma.
01:16:58He has no time.
01:16:59Go to America or don't go to America.
01:17:08Just...
01:17:09You just need to make a decision.
01:17:14For once, just make a decision and leave with it.
01:17:18You just need to make a decision.
01:17:40I know that nothing is better for them than to rejoice and to do good in their lives.
01:18:10I know that nothing is better for them, but I know that nothing is better for them, but I know that nothing is better for them.
01:18:40All right.
01:18:42Come on.
01:18:44Toilet.
01:19:04Do you just want to sit up?
01:19:10What?
01:19:12I have to.
01:19:16You'll have to.
01:19:39What? What? I have to what?
01:19:44Book. Tour.
01:19:46Mum, I told you, OK? They said it was fine.
01:19:54What?
01:19:56I don't need to be there.
01:20:01You don't want... So now you know better than all the publishers and my agents and all these other people?
01:20:14Liv.
01:20:16Live your life.
01:20:23Mum, please.
01:20:27Please, I'm sorry, what does that even mean?
01:20:29I am living my life.
01:20:34OK, look at me, here I am.
01:20:37Here I am, I'm living my life perfectly happy.
01:20:40I am perfectly happy.
01:20:44All right.
01:20:46Well, one of my family went on.
01:20:49I am living my life perfectly.
01:20:51I don't care for her.
01:20:54It's incredible.
01:20:56I am living my life perfectly.
01:20:59It's okay.
01:21:01Do you know you are?
01:21:03Did you know you?
01:21:05What are you doing?
01:21:06I don't know.
01:21:36Hey, how are you doing?
01:21:59Nice to meet you.
01:22:00Nice to meet you.
01:22:01Kate's here and she wants to see you somewhere.
01:22:04Oh, fine.
01:22:05You hate her?
01:22:06Yes, I do.
01:22:07Hi.
01:22:08Hi.
01:22:09Oh.
01:22:10Oh, thanks.
01:22:12Hey, how was it?
01:22:13How did you go?
01:22:14Oh, no.
01:22:15I'll end up with the rough minds.
01:22:16You got lost.
01:22:17We will miss you now.
01:22:21We will miss you now.
01:22:22Tell you what, once we get settled in, maybe you and Edward might come over for a visit.
01:22:30And I'll send you loads of pictures.
01:22:32Goodbyes are hard, but this one is particularly hard because working with you all for the past four years has been amazing.
01:22:47You will definitely.
01:24:26Good morning, Alma.
01:24:37Mooshy B for break.
01:24:39Jean?
01:24:42How are you, Alma?
01:24:44Mooshy B for break.
01:24:49Mooshy B for break.
01:24:50You want a break from us?
01:24:53Mooshy.
01:24:54Is it moosey?
01:24:55Do you want moose for your hair?
01:24:58Is it about something you wear?
01:25:00Rosie, will you come here for a minute?
01:25:02Maud, please stop fidgeting with the controls on her iPad.
01:25:05I didn't touch them.
01:25:06Oh, is it something you want to eat for breakfast?
01:25:10Mooshy beef.
01:25:11Mushrooms?
01:25:13Mushroom risotto.
01:25:15What would you be eating risotto for breakfast for?
01:25:17Hello, everyone, and welcome to the First Copy Podcast, coming to you live from the Corner Bookstore in New York City.
01:25:25Joining us this afternoon is the Irish novelist Edward Brady.
01:25:29We begin, as always, with an extract from his debut novel, Eon.
01:25:32He's very professional, isn't he?
01:25:34Stop talking.
01:25:36Sorry.
01:25:36Eon feigned indifference and took the drink from Fergal.
01:25:43What if it's spiked with drugs, he thought.
01:25:45For most of his adolescence, his mother was obsessed with the dangers of spiked drinks.
01:25:49She made him promise, on pain of death, that he would never accept a drink from anyone who wasn't a relation.
01:25:55And for one brief moment, he pondered the absurdity of the McDonough family.
01:26:00Every aunt, uncle, and cousin, all standing in this tiny little gay bar with them, watching Ramona, the drag queen, pulling a prone necklace from her rear end.
01:26:09I went really slowly.
01:26:12So, no, I'm not a good multitasker.
01:26:16No.
01:26:17Ask my mom.
01:26:18Woo, there you are, Alma.
01:26:20You're famous.
01:26:25I'm in Philadelphia now, or, um, Boston.
01:26:32I don't know.
01:26:32I'm in the next place.
01:26:33This is Patrick from the PR place, from the publishers.
01:26:37Hey.
01:26:40I kissed him last night.
01:26:43Fergal flashed an insincere smile, sensing his apprehension.
01:26:46Then winked and kissed him on the cheek before sashaying away like the bourgeois villain in Agatha Christie.
01:26:51Hang on.
01:26:52Agatha Christie used to write three books a year.
01:26:56Did he?
01:26:56She.
01:26:57Is that not the chap with the moustache that wrote The Jewel of the Nile?
01:27:01Death on the Nile.
01:27:03You're thinking of Poirot.
01:27:05Here's the character in her books.
01:27:06Eh, you just said it was a woman.
01:27:08No, Poirot is a man.
01:27:09Agatha Christie is a woman.
01:27:11David Suchet plays him.
01:27:13That's right.
01:27:13Stop talking.
01:27:14I saw him on the late, late show.
01:27:16He's a very spiritual...
01:27:17I can't hear, Edward.
01:27:18Hmm.
01:27:19Sounds like a creep to me.
01:27:20Stop talking.
01:27:21Jesus, the American accent is the pits, isn't it?
01:27:23It goes through my head.
01:27:24Hi, I'm from Denver.
01:27:26Pleased to meet you.
01:27:27Have you heard of xenophobia, Jean?
01:27:29You've heard of fystophobia, Rosie.
01:27:31You are all annoying me now.
01:27:33You're all annoying me now.
01:28:03You're all annoying me now.
01:28:33You're all annoying me now.
01:29:03You're all annoying me now.
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