Marina Hyde

I agree.

Yes, I have.

I've got a really good novel, which is coming out this week.

It's called Experts in a Dying Field.

And it's by Patrick Frayn.

Now, Patrick Frayn is a very funny writer for the Irish Times.

And this is very good for our entertainment podcast.

This is a story about the members of a band, the Heathens, who were active in Dublin about sort of 20 years before the

events of this story and but tragedy struck and they sort of scatter and then they reconnect um and it's about that i mean it's about bands it's about the music scene and it's a lot of it is about dublin and it's really annoying i know it's really annoying when people say oh it made me laugh and it made me cry but it made me laugh a lot out loud and it absolutely made me cry and he's got such humanity patrick fray and i absolutely loved it so

It's called Experts in a Dying Field.

And our bonus episode for our members, which you can join at therestisentertainment.com, I'm talking to James Canagas for a minute.

It's about how a celebrity could make a run for office, even within our political system now, and generally about celebrity politicians, what they bring, and how we're going to see much, much more of them in the future.

See you on Thursday.

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A great satisfaction not having to tell your story for new every single time, which I think most major celebrities also feel.

Hello, and welcome to this episode of The Rest Is Entertainment Questions and Answers Edition.

I'm Marina Hyde.