Episode One
On his usual visit to his neighbour Ganga, Bat Considine suggests they make a pact.
A new original fiction serial specially commissioned by ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4 from the acclaimed Irish author Niall Williams. As read by Dermot Crowley.
Four nights a week, Bat Considine calls on his neighbour Mossie Crowe; a beloved widower known to all in the townland of Faha by his grand-father name of Ganga. They sit by the fire and, as Bat reads the newspaper aloud, wait to see which of them will die first. One evening, the two old men make a pact in the hope of one day being able to tell the other the mind of God.
Author
Niall Williams is a best-selling and award-winning author. His novels are often set in the fictional townland of Faha in County Clare, Ireland. These include ‘A History of the Rain’ which was long-listed for the Man Booker Prize 2015, ‘This Is Happiness’ which was nominated for The Irish Book Awards 2020 and ‘The Time of The Child’ which won the Kerry Gold Irish Novel of the Year 2025. He also recently adapted his novel ‘Four Letters of Love’ into a 2025 film starring Pierce Brosnan and Helena Bonham Carter.
Reader: Dermot Crowley
Writer: Niall Williams
Producer: Michael Shannon
A ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Audio Northern Ireland production for ÃÛÑ¿´«Ã½ Radio 4.
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