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‘There was comedy at all times’: Andrew O’Hagan on 15 years of funny, frank and champagne-fuelled friendship with Edna O’Brien In the last decades of her life, the two novelists became close friends. He recalls their intense bond, their last trip to Ireland and her memories of being romanced by Richard Burton https://www.theguardian.com/books/2025/sep/27/there-was-comedy-at-all-times-andrew-ohagan-on-15-years-of-funny-frank-and-champagne-fuelled-friendship-with-edna-obrien