Graham Norton: Home Stretch

Filmed 12 July 2021
Graham discusses his third novel Home Stretch with writer Liz Nugent.
Graham Norton’s compelling third novel, Home Stretch, begins with a car crash that happens the night before a wedding. Six young people are in the car and only three survive. The story follows the driver over the following decades and the stigma, secrets and consequences of that night. Set in 1980s Ireland and New York in the noughties, this is Graham’s storytelling at its best: intelligently plotted, darkly knowing and, as ever, beautifully told.
It is 1987 and a small Irish community is preparing for the wedding of two of its young inhabitants. They’re barely adults, not so long out of school and still part of the same set of friends they’ve grown up with. As the friends head home from the beach that last night before the wedding, there is a car accident. Three survive the crash but three are killed. And the reverberations are felt throughout the small town. Connor, the young driver of the car, lives. But staying among the angry and the mourning is almost as hard as living with the shame, and so he leaves the only place he knows for another life. Travelling first to Liverpool, then London, by the noughties he has made a home -of sorts -for himself in New York. The city provides shelter and possibility for the displaced, somewhere Connor can forget his past and forge a new life. But the secrets, the unspoken longings and regrets that have come to haunt those left behind will not be silenced. And before long, Connor will have to meet his past.
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[@PurpleRain64]

What a lovely man Graham Norton is. His answers aren't rehearsed, he thinks about his answers. Really nice interview.

[@jeromesullivan4015]

Graham has always seemed so real, at least to Me..I enjoy his ease and honesty

[@riaquell9047]

A man with integrity

[@lovelyskull3483]

I adore Graham Norton. He is funny, kind and lovely in every way. Thank you for this upload.

[@rethairdraun7827]

2022, retired american, living in Thailand, I discovered GN! His shows & all HIS books! I LOVE HIM!!!! (i would have loved to be introduced to him earlier )

[@maga8b]

Lovely, lovely Graham!!! Such an honest and kind person. 💖

[@fierywomanpacnw7004]

Utterly delightful both Graham and Liz.

[@andreaandrea6716]

Wonderful! Lovely, lovely, lovely Graham Norton! Thank you SO MUCH for posting this!! Sheer delight.

[@shellyhill6804]

I very much enjoyed this. Graham is incredibly funny and thoughtful and so is Liz. I could listen to them talk for hours.

[@meghanirizarry4836]

This was a remarkable interview! Graham Norton is my most favorite chat show host & comedian. I'm very glad I stumbled upon this interview. For listening to his stories ; they're just brilliant! One person I've always wanted to meet. Thank you Liz nugent-

[@brendacook1536]

I was so happy to find this interview I really enjoy Graham Norton. I didn’t realize how handsome he was. I try to Watch him on KZbin as I’m from the states but originally from Cork City. He’s such a lovely man.🎈🇺🇸🎈

[@bonniemeads6056]

Great interview. Another side of an amazing entertainer. Look forward to reading this book.

[@kathleen4376]

Very talented and funny man

[@jt.8144]

LOVE Graham Norton!! Thank you for this episode. So good to see this side of Graham.

[@subbtopp]

Ive read all Grahams books, they are great

[@kathleenburke4728]

Wonderful interview!! I love Graham Norton and watch him here in the US. He is a very loving and interesting person! Such lively conversationalist!!! I will have to read his books!!!! Always a pleasure to listen to him!!!

[@0210rokvist]

What a great sensitive intrw

[@karendeaton9297]

Graham improves with age, just like his writing

[@andreaandrea6716]

Graham, we'd not have had Laurence Olivier (who suffered dreadfully from stage fright and even threw up before performances). However, it's why I am unknown (one bout on stage and I said; "Right. THAT's the end of that." ).

[@susanjaneleitner7670]

Just wonderful! Thank you! ❤️

[@rethairdraun7827]

i am currently retired in Thailand, but I have recently learned that my biological father was Irish...does this explain my love for alcohol? ;) lol ALL GOOD!!!

[@kerry2368]

Graham Norton? I thought I saw Hemingway.

[@eveningstar1]

He sounds more Irish!

[@divox9pqr]

Ok…Am I the only one who sees the mature image of Tchaikovsky (yes the composer) in his current look?

[@kaydee1959]

He looks out-of it