Tessa Hadley Reads John McGahern
From The New Yorker: Fiction by The New Yorker
February 1, 2026 · 1h 23m
About this episode
Tessa Hadley joins Deborah Treisman to read and discuss John McGahern's story 'Gold Watch'.
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
People in this episode
Host: Deborah Treisman
Guest: Tessa Hadley
Topics covered
- fiction
- literature
- story reading
- author discussion
- short stories
Keywords
- Tessa Hadley
- John McGahern
- Gold Watch
- fiction
- The New Yorker
- story collection
- literature
Mentioned in this episode
Organizations: The New Yorker
Books & works: Gold Watch
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