Ep. 91: Novelist, journalist and essayist Patrick Freyne

This episode of the podcast welcomes The Irish Times columnist and novelist Patrick Freyne to talk about his debut novel, Experts in a Dying Field. The book follows a group of former bandmates, now middle-aged, who end up circling back to one another to make sense of their past and present. In the process, we encounter the perspectives of their friends, lovers, family members and even God, and a fox. Patrick discusses his former life as a musician, the myriad of ways AI is robbing us of our ability to connect, and how writing a novel in bursts on the bus might be one way of avoiding burnout. Patrick’s first book OK, Let’s Do your Stupid Idea was released in 2020 and his highly engaging and frequently hilarious columns are available on The Irish Times website.

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