Episode 1: Faloon
It鈥檚 the 1950s, and first-time buyers Stella and Harry have just taken a huge 拢1200 mortgage on Number 5.
In Glenn Patterson鈥檚 novel, Number 5 is a three-bedroom terrace house in suburban Belfast. From the 1950s to the present day, successive occupants fill the house with their troubles and joys. As fashions and tastes change according to each of Number 5鈥檚 owners, so the social fault lines of the city shift. Yet the presence of those who have gone before lingers on.
In the 50s Stella and Harry are first-time buyers. A 拢1200 mortgage will commit them until 1984, but as they soon discover there is so much more to making a home and a marriage than merely paying the mortgage. And so life in Number 5 begins.
Author: Glenn Patterson
Bronagh Waugh reads Part 1 鈥� FALOON.
Produced and abridged by Eoin O鈥機allaghan
Executive Editor: Andy Martin
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- Sat 12 Mar 2022 12:03大象传媒 Radio Ulster & 大象传媒 Radio Foyle