Interview with Edna O'Brien

'Exile and separation were very, very good for me.' A candid and illuminating career interview with Irish novelist and short story writer Edna O'Brien on publication of her memoir Country Girl (Faber, October 2012, bit.ly/Rct8Oh). Recorded in her London home, the interview -- which details her trepidation at writing her memoirs, the controversy surrounding her debut novel The Country Girls, her colourful life in 1960s London and much more -- is conducted by her Faber editor Lee Brackstone.

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