Best Of: Novelists Liz Moore & Julian Barnes
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🗓️ 31 January 2026
⏱️ 50 minutes
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Liz Moore’s bestselling book, ‘Long Bright River,’ was set in a troubled Philadelphia neighborhood where she’d worked on a photo essay. “My own family has a long history of addiction. I was kind of emotionally drawn back to the neighborhood over and over again because of that,” she tells Dave Davies. The resulting thriller about a policewoman searching for her missing sister was made into a series on Peacock. Moore’s latest book, ‘The God of the Woods,’ where a child goes missing from a remote children’s camp, will be adapted to a Netflix series.
Also, we hear from one of England’s most acclaimed writers, Julian Barnes. He has a new book, which he says will be his last. It’s called ‘Departures.’ He spoke with Terry Gross.
Maureen Corrigan reviews George Saunders’ new novel, ‘Vigil.’
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| 0:24.6 | From W.HY.Y. In Philadelphia, this is Fresh Air Weekend. I'm Dave Davies. Today, best-selling author Liz Moore. Her book, Long Bright River was set in a troubled Philadelphia neighborhood where |
| 0:38.3 | she'd worked on a photo essay. My own family has a long history of addiction. I was kind of emotionally |
| 0:45.3 | drawn back to the neighborhood over and over again because of that. The resulting thriller about a |
| 0:50.2 | policewoman searching for her missing sister was made into a TV series on Peacock. |
| 0:55.4 | Moore's latest book, The God of the Woods, where a child goes missing from a remote children's camp, |
| 1:00.4 | will be adapted to a Netflix series. |
| 1:03.0 | Also, we hear from one of England's most acclaimed writers, Julian Barnes. |
| 1:07.3 | He has a new book, which he says will be his last. |
| 1:10.2 | It's called Departures. And Maureen Corrigan |
| 1:13.0 | reviews George Saunders' new novel. That's coming up on Fresh Air Weekend. |
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