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Tessa Hadley Reads John McGahern
Sunday, 1 February, 2026

Tessa Hadley joins Deborah Treisman to read “Gold Watch,” by John McGahern, which was published in The New Yorker in 1980. Hadley has published thirteen books of fiction, including the story collections “Bad Dreams” and “After the Funeral,” and the novella “The Party.” She won a Windham-Campbell Prize for fiction in 2016.  Learn about your ad choices: dovetail.prx.org/ad-choices

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