Hearing Aids by Roddy Doyle

Short Story by BBC

Oct 20, 202314:12Arts

A newly commissioned story from Roddy Doyle, author of The Commitments and the 1993 Booker Prize winner, Paddy Clarke Ha Ha Ha. Read by Liam Carney Produced by Nicola Holloway Podcast presented by Rick Woska

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