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Novelist Eimear McBride boards the Mystery Train

In another memorable edition of the Mystery Train Sunday Service, John Kelly chats to Eimear McBride, author of A Girl Is A Half-Formed Thing and Strange Hotel about loss, the long road to literary success, training as an actor, sexism in the book industry and being a 'method novelist'.

Eimear McBride with Mystery Train host John Kelly

Her suitably atmospheric music choices include tunes from Bonnie Prince Billy, Nick Cave, Tindersticks and Scott Walker.

Mystery Train with John Kelly, RTÉ lyric fm, Sunday to Thursday, 7 - 9pm - listen back here.

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