Róisín Ingle

You like tension.

And I think you said something about, you know, if you go on holidays, speaking of holidays with someone who's dramatic, you need a holiday when you come back from that holiday.

And your first choice has quite a bit of tension, I think.

We've all probably read, but it's one of those books that you want to go back to.

And it's The Great Gatsby.

That's Claire's first choice.

And she's going to tell us why you chose that now.

And Clare, it's very short as well.

That old F. Scott, yeah.

No, I think it's the perfect length.

Okay, and is there anything else, in terms of people who maybe feel, oh, I read that in school, or, you know, you go back to it, obviously, that's why you're teaching it every year.

You think it has something to teach?

I actually love that you've said that because that lets all of us off the hook when we're trying to describe why we like the books we will do a bit of that and say you know just read this book because it's beautiful or it's good or it's funny and we won't have to feel too bad because Claire has given us permission and Flannery O'Connor as well it's something that sometimes can't be described I know what you mean

And that makes me feel better, because sometimes I feel I'm not very good at describing why I like something.

It's just this very big feeling, like your book, Small Things Like These.

I just closed it, and it was just very satisfying in a lot of different ways.

And maybe I wouldn't have been able to really describe why, but I just felt it all, every page.

Okay, well, we'll let you away with that then, Claire Keegan, for the great Gatsby.

Thanks very much.

You're welcome.