"My big ambition? That my wife is happy" - writer, Richard Ford

from Brendan O'Connor · host RTÉ Radio 1

Novelist Richard Ford, joins Brendan to discuss the current state of Donald Trump’s America, rediscovering his Irish heritage and the dynamics of his life-long marriage. He also explores his changing relationship to age, ambition and his friend, John Banville.

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