In The New Yorker Fiction Podcast, Deborah Treisman interviews Anne Enright about her choice of John McGahern's story, "Sierra Leone." Enright discusses McGahern's significance as an Irish writer, the story's setting during the Cuban Missile Crisis, and its themes of love, responsibility, and the complexities of relationships. She analyzes the characters, particularly the narrator's detachment and the dynamics between the protagonist, his father, and the politician, and explores the story's ending and its implications about commitment and the human condition.
