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Sara & Cariad's Weirdos Book Club
Intermezzo by Sally Rooney with Aisling Bea
Ep. 67
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This week's book guest is Intermezzo by Sally Rooney.
Sadly James Joyce and Michael Fassbender were not available to chat so Sara and Cariad are joined by Ireland's premier Bono impersonator, writer and star of This Way Up, Living With Yourself and Get Away - it's Aisling Bea!
In this episode they discuss sex scenes, James Joyce, Dublin, Maeve Binchy and life's winners.
Thank you for reading with us. We like reading with you!
Intermezzo is available to buy here.
You can find Aisling on Instagram @weemissbea
Cariad’s children's book The Christmas Wish-tastrophe is available to buy now.
Sara’s debut novel Weirdo is published by Faber & Faber and is available to buy here.
Cariad’s book You Are Not Alone is published by Bloomsbury and is available to buy here.
Tickets for Sara's tour show I Am A Strange Gloop are available to buy from sarapascoe.co.uk
Follow Sara & Cariad’s Weirdos Book Club on Instagram @saraandcariadsweirdosbookclub and Twitter @weirdosbookclub
Recorded and edited by Naomi Parnell for Plosive.
Artwork by Welcome Studio.
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