Madeline Gray

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549 appearances 4 recordings 1 series first heard Jun 2026 last heard 5d ago

Madeline Gray’s voice in public audio — every appearance, attributed to the second.

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The Bookshelf · New Fiction: Donal Ryan, Emma Cline, Max Easton and Sebastian Barry · 11 Sep 2026 podcast

Yeah.

Yeah, I was absolutely wrapped it's beautifully written.

I mean Emma Klein is a great stylist and she's done something I think quite like so generous here.

What we can see

is a mind that is tethering and untethering.

And so there are these moments where the protagonist David connects into reality and he's in the moment for a second.

And then he'll go right back to something that happened in his boyhood or something that happened in his marriage.

It's that kind of liminal space between past and present that's all unfurling in his mind.

It's beautifully done.

Yeah.

not a billionaire, but he's like in that world.

So he's on a his old boss's plane.

His old boss has lent him the plane, but he does have his assistant Cody that clearly is paid rather a lot and it seems like he has a pretty Swish life.

No family that's going with him, but he is going to meet his daughter in London.

Yeah, I mean I've gotta say I'm not gonna ruin it for listeners, but I would like to pat myself on the shoulder 'cause I've guessed it very early.

Cody?

I mean it's very interesting.

Cody is

gay and he the protagonist is often is noting on this, you know, he speaks about this gayness with an observation that comes from a place of like personal interest.

He's so that's kind of a little hint.

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