Best Of: Novelist Douglas Stuart / ‘Half Man’ Actor Richard Gadd
In this episode of Fresh Air Weekend, Terry Gross interviews Booker Prize-winning novelist Douglas Stuart about his new novel John of John, which explores secrecy, faith, and queer identity in a conservative Scottish island community. Later, co-host Tonya Mosley speaks with Richard Ga
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