1 00:01:08,564 --> 00:01:10,209 You must be getting quite bored of these. 2 00:01:11,467 --> 00:01:12,936 Never dull to discuss the work. 3 00:01:13,070 --> 00:01:15,150 Okay, well, I thought we could just jump straight in, 4 00:01:15,271 --> 00:01:16,539 if that's okay with you. 5 00:01:16,674 --> 00:01:18,508 - By all means. - Okay. 6 00:01:21,078 --> 00:01:22,713 Hello. 7 00:01:22,846 --> 00:01:25,649 Liam Somers' story of a fading patriarch 8 00:01:25,783 --> 00:01:27,718 presiding over a grief-stricken family 9 00:01:27,851 --> 00:01:30,186 has been described as one of the most striking 10 00:01:30,319 --> 00:01:31,822 debuts of the year. 11 00:01:31,955 --> 00:01:35,025 Here with us to discuss his first novel is the author. 12 00:01:35,159 --> 00:01:36,399 Thank you for joining us, Liam. 13 00:01:37,326 --> 00:01:38,962 Thanks for having me. 14 00:01:39,096 --> 00:01:42,166 So, I thought we could start off by touching on the inspiration 15 00:01:42,298 --> 00:01:43,701 behind the novel. 16 00:01:43,834 --> 00:01:47,470 What exactly is it that drew you to tell this story? 17 00:02:58,675 --> 00:02:59,819 - Hello? - Liam. 18 00:02:59,843 --> 00:03:01,444 It's Hattie from the agency. 19 00:03:01,577 --> 00:03:03,247 I'm on my way to a lesson. Can it wait? 20 00:03:03,379 --> 00:03:06,382 We cancelled that. Something's come in for you. 21 00:03:26,170 --> 00:03:28,639 Writers tend to say they're a morning person, 22 00:03:28,772 --> 00:03:30,573 or an evening kind of writer. 23 00:03:30,707 --> 00:03:32,176 I don't subscribe to that. 24 00:03:33,710 --> 00:03:35,444 If you're writing, you're writing. 25 00:03:35,578 --> 00:03:36,914 Simple as that. 26 00:03:43,720 --> 00:03:46,990 It's not something that can be deferred or denied 27 00:03:47,124 --> 00:03:49,026 if you have to do it. 28 00:03:49,159 --> 00:03:52,428 Which, by the way, is the prerequisite for writing. 29 00:03:52,562 --> 00:03:54,363 You don't have a choice in the matter. 30 00:03:55,065 --> 00:03:56,566 You must write. 31 00:04:21,758 --> 00:04:23,269 Listen, if I knew where 32 00:04:23,293 --> 00:04:24,661 the ideas came from, 33 00:04:24,795 --> 00:04:26,562 I'd have written, and indeed been paid 34 00:04:26,697 --> 00:04:28,131 a hell of a lot more than I have. 35 00:04:28,265 --> 00:04:30,499 Bearing in mind that I've been prolific 36 00:04:30,634 --> 00:04:32,468 and not badly off, 37 00:04:32,603 --> 00:04:35,038 the short answer is I don't know. 38 00:04:44,513 --> 00:04:46,950 I know writers who obsess. 39 00:04:47,084 --> 00:04:49,518 "How do I say something original? 40 00:04:50,687 --> 00:04:52,689 "Am I saying something unique?" 41 00:04:53,589 --> 00:04:54,590 I'm sorry. 42 00:04:54,725 --> 00:04:56,226 There are no new ideas. 43 00:04:57,761 --> 00:04:59,696 Most writers are reconciled to the fact. 44 00:04:59,830 --> 00:05:02,565 And if they're not, they pretty soon will be. 45 00:05:13,844 --> 00:05:18,215 Now, average writers attempt originality. 46 00:05:18,348 --> 00:05:19,983 They fail. Universally. 47 00:05:21,517 --> 00:05:24,288 Good writers have the sense to borrow from their betters. 48 00:05:28,125 --> 00:05:32,162 But the greats, great writers... steal. 49 00:06:07,998 --> 00:06:10,434 - Good morning. - Good morning. 50 00:06:10,566 --> 00:06:12,501 - Mr. Somers. - It's Liam. 51 00:06:17,007 --> 00:06:18,875 If you'd like to follow me this way, please. 52 00:06:35,959 --> 00:06:37,493 You'll find him just there. 53 00:06:37,627 --> 00:06:38,996 I'll take that, shall I? 54 00:06:39,495 --> 00:06:40,697 Thank you. 55 00:06:46,803 --> 00:06:48,605 Hello. I'm Liam. 56 00:06:52,175 --> 00:06:53,710 You must be Bertie. 57 00:06:53,844 --> 00:06:55,164 You've done your homework. 58 00:06:57,748 --> 00:07:00,150 - Are your parents around? - They're up at the house. 59 00:07:00,283 --> 00:07:02,085 Why? 60 00:07:02,219 --> 00:07:04,955 I usually speak to parents before the first lesson. 61 00:07:10,761 --> 00:07:11,828 It's fine. 62 00:07:11,962 --> 00:07:13,363 I can get my father if you want? 63 00:07:13,497 --> 00:07:15,932 - I'm sure he won't mind. - No, I don't wanna disturb. 64 00:07:16,066 --> 00:07:17,401 But you want to meet him, right? 65 00:07:17,533 --> 00:07:18,335 - It's fine. - He's only writing. 66 00:07:18,468 --> 00:07:19,669 No, it's fine! 67 00:07:23,140 --> 00:07:24,141 Okay. 68 00:07:28,512 --> 00:07:30,546 So, what are we working on? 69 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:32,581 We are working on tragedy. 70 00:07:33,450 --> 00:07:34,583 Modern? Ancient? 71 00:07:34,718 --> 00:07:36,552 I don't need you to turn the pages. 72 00:07:43,660 --> 00:07:45,228 Congratulations, by the way. 73 00:07:45,362 --> 00:07:48,265 English Literature is one of the most competitive courses. 74 00:07:49,366 --> 00:07:51,301 Oxford don't shortlist many candidates 75 00:07:51,435 --> 00:07:52,469 so your aptitude test 76 00:07:52,602 --> 00:07:53,970 must have been very impressive. 77 00:07:57,841 --> 00:07:59,176 But that test is one thing. 78 00:07:59,309 --> 00:08:01,311 The interviews, the college-specific tests, 79 00:08:01,445 --> 00:08:03,280 they're different. You'll need to cultivate 80 00:08:03,413 --> 00:08:04,748 the kind of critical thinking 81 00:08:04,881 --> 00:08:08,218 that might not be familiar to you... yet. 82 00:08:09,585 --> 00:08:11,154 Kind of a house style. 83 00:08:18,895 --> 00:08:20,964 They staple at Oxford, don't they? 84 00:08:22,999 --> 00:08:24,334 You can do it in the house style. 85 00:08:44,888 --> 00:08:46,056 Liam. 86 00:08:46,890 --> 00:08:49,259 - Mrs. Sinclair. - Helene. 87 00:08:51,061 --> 00:08:53,096 Thanks for coming on such short notice. 88 00:08:54,498 --> 00:08:55,732 Your CV was impressive. 89 00:08:55,866 --> 00:08:57,667 Your agency speaks very highly of you. 90 00:08:57,801 --> 00:08:59,069 That's kind of them. 91 00:08:59,202 --> 00:09:01,338 Well, I should hope not. I should hope it's true. 92 00:09:02,772 --> 00:09:04,875 You've a beautiful home, Mrs. Sinclair. 93 00:09:05,008 --> 00:09:07,344 Thank you. Summer suits it. 94 00:09:08,745 --> 00:09:11,848 This is the reading room. It's usually only me in here. 95 00:09:16,219 --> 00:09:17,888 We don't use the front entrance much. 96 00:09:18,021 --> 00:09:19,656 There is a back door to the garden. 97 00:09:19,789 --> 00:09:21,091 This is beautiful. 98 00:09:23,360 --> 00:09:24,561 Thank you. 99 00:09:24,694 --> 00:09:25,862 You made it? 100 00:09:26,496 --> 00:09:28,899 It's kind of... numinous. 101 00:09:31,501 --> 00:09:33,403 And you've met Ellis. 102 00:09:33,537 --> 00:09:35,539 You're laying the table for four tonight. 103 00:09:35,672 --> 00:09:36,840 Yes, ma'am. 104 00:09:36,973 --> 00:09:39,509 Any dietary requirements, Mr. Somers? 105 00:09:39,644 --> 00:09:41,811 Actually, I'm vegan. 106 00:09:42,379 --> 00:09:43,380 Wonderful. 107 00:09:45,182 --> 00:09:47,284 And this is my favorite acquisition. 108 00:09:48,752 --> 00:09:49,886 I bought it from the artist 109 00:09:50,020 --> 00:09:51,454 when she didn't win the Turner. 110 00:09:52,088 --> 00:09:53,456 Kind of a consolation. 111 00:09:54,591 --> 00:09:56,526 She's a collector's darling now, of course, 112 00:09:56,661 --> 00:09:58,295 but I found her. 113 00:10:00,030 --> 00:10:03,200 It's adapted from Bernini's Apollo and Daphne. 114 00:10:03,333 --> 00:10:05,569 - Do you know it? - I know the story. 115 00:10:05,702 --> 00:10:06,937 Hmm. 116 00:10:07,070 --> 00:10:08,538 Never had the heart to sell it. 117 00:10:08,972 --> 00:10:10,507 Why would you? 118 00:10:10,641 --> 00:10:12,108 That's my job. I'm a curator. 119 00:10:12,242 --> 00:10:13,910 Shouldn't really get sentimental. 120 00:10:16,647 --> 00:10:18,014 Something to drink? 121 00:10:18,148 --> 00:10:19,428 You'd like a beer, wouldn't you? 122 00:11:35,492 --> 00:11:38,295 You know, Liam graduated with a First in English. 123 00:11:39,896 --> 00:11:41,531 So why is he a tutor? 124 00:11:41,666 --> 00:11:42,999 Well, must be a vocation. 125 00:11:43,133 --> 00:11:45,435 He wants to share his knowledge, his experience. 126 00:11:47,170 --> 00:11:49,039 We thought it best Bertie spend the last 127 00:11:49,172 --> 00:11:50,407 of the summer term here 128 00:11:50,540 --> 00:11:52,809 so he can focus on his entrance exams. 129 00:11:53,644 --> 00:11:54,944 You thought it best? 130 00:11:55,078 --> 00:11:57,347 Well, that school has let you down enough. 131 00:11:57,480 --> 00:12:00,016 I wasn't going to leave this up to chance. 132 00:12:00,150 --> 00:12:01,451 You must be good. 133 00:12:05,555 --> 00:12:06,589 Evening, all. 134 00:12:10,761 --> 00:12:12,462 Bonsoir, my love. 135 00:12:15,633 --> 00:12:16,933 How goes it, Bert? 136 00:12:21,504 --> 00:12:22,505 Liam, isn't it? 137 00:12:22,640 --> 00:12:24,974 - Yes, Mr. Sinclair. - Oh. Thank you. 138 00:12:26,009 --> 00:12:27,577 You've come on a good day. 139 00:12:27,712 --> 00:12:29,879 Ellis does a mean roast lamb. 140 00:12:31,014 --> 00:12:32,215 Thank you. 141 00:12:36,419 --> 00:12:37,655 Music. 142 00:12:38,888 --> 00:12:40,957 We had Rachmaninoff yesterday. 143 00:12:41,091 --> 00:12:42,492 Well, give me three good reasons 144 00:12:42,626 --> 00:12:45,195 not to listen to him today and... 145 00:12:45,929 --> 00:12:47,197 I'll change my mind. 146 00:12:48,064 --> 00:12:49,432 Why don't we ask our guest? 147 00:12:53,269 --> 00:12:55,205 Liam, what do you think of Rachmaninoff? 148 00:13:00,076 --> 00:13:02,145 Um... 149 00:13:02,278 --> 00:13:05,949 He was the last great Russian romantic composer. 150 00:13:06,082 --> 00:13:07,618 And... 151 00:13:07,752 --> 00:13:11,756 known for his piano concertos more than his symphonies. 152 00:13:11,888 --> 00:13:13,123 His, um... 153 00:13:13,256 --> 00:13:14,891 He was the conductor of the Bolshoi 154 00:13:15,024 --> 00:13:16,259 when the Russian... 155 00:13:16,393 --> 00:13:17,894 First Russian Revolution began... 156 00:13:18,027 --> 00:13:20,063 The music. She meant, 157 00:13:20,196 --> 00:13:21,998 "What did you think of the music?" 158 00:13:26,169 --> 00:13:27,370 I don't, um... 159 00:13:29,005 --> 00:13:30,273 I'm not familiar. 160 00:13:33,243 --> 00:13:34,544 Rachmaninoff it is, then. 161 00:13:36,714 --> 00:13:38,749 Last great Russian romantic. 162 00:13:47,023 --> 00:13:49,526 So, what did you two study today? 163 00:13:50,493 --> 00:13:52,295 Hamlet, for the most part. 164 00:13:52,429 --> 00:13:54,765 Oh, you looked into the manuscript tradition yet? 165 00:13:54,899 --> 00:13:58,034 - I've got, uh, a few articles. - Hmm. 166 00:13:58,168 --> 00:14:00,103 I can make up a reading list. 167 00:14:00,671 --> 00:14:01,938 Thanks. 168 00:14:02,071 --> 00:14:03,282 You can thank him when you get in. 169 00:14:03,306 --> 00:14:05,341 If. If you get in. 170 00:14:06,176 --> 00:14:07,553 We should have a chat about the lesson. 171 00:14:07,577 --> 00:14:08,577 See how it went. 172 00:14:08,646 --> 00:14:09,890 Well, I'm sure Bertie has some... 173 00:14:09,914 --> 00:14:11,214 I'm sure he does. 174 00:14:11,347 --> 00:14:13,483 Which is why we'll discuss it after dinner. 175 00:14:13,617 --> 00:14:14,861 You can wait in the drawing room 176 00:14:14,885 --> 00:14:16,052 when you're finished eating. 177 00:14:16,186 --> 00:14:17,353 Liam... 178 00:14:19,623 --> 00:14:21,024 You're out. 179 00:14:51,588 --> 00:14:52,989 We'd like you to stay. 180 00:14:54,424 --> 00:14:56,159 Is this from the agency? 181 00:14:56,292 --> 00:14:58,528 I think we can part ways with the agency here. 182 00:14:59,462 --> 00:15:01,431 We prefer a personal bond. 183 00:15:01,564 --> 00:15:04,033 There have been incidents in the past. 184 00:15:04,167 --> 00:15:05,669 With guests? 185 00:15:05,803 --> 00:15:07,003 With staff. 186 00:15:08,438 --> 00:15:10,240 We told them we no longer need a tutor. 187 00:15:10,373 --> 00:15:12,475 Didn't wanna compromise your relationship. 188 00:15:12,610 --> 00:15:14,712 It's so important Bertie has someone on his side 189 00:15:14,845 --> 00:15:16,079 that knows the English system. 190 00:15:16,212 --> 00:15:17,492 I studied in Paris and New York. 191 00:15:17,615 --> 00:15:19,382 And his father didn't go, of course. 192 00:15:22,318 --> 00:15:23,520 Non-disclosure. 193 00:15:24,855 --> 00:15:26,089 He's very protective. 194 00:15:26,222 --> 00:15:28,091 Getting close to the end, so he tells me. 195 00:15:28,224 --> 00:15:30,326 Yes. Five years since the last one. 196 00:15:30,460 --> 00:15:32,262 The subject of your thesis. 197 00:15:34,597 --> 00:15:35,598 It's on your CV. 198 00:15:41,404 --> 00:15:45,009 You'll report to me at the end of every lesson 199 00:15:45,141 --> 00:15:48,211 about Bertie's progress. Come and find me. 200 00:15:48,344 --> 00:15:50,313 He has to get in, Liam. 201 00:15:53,684 --> 00:15:56,987 Uh, he doesn't know about the thesis, does he, 202 00:15:57,120 --> 00:15:58,756 Mrs. Sinclair? 203 00:15:58,889 --> 00:16:00,123 I'm sure he'd be flattered. 204 00:16:00,858 --> 00:16:02,225 But you're not here for him. 205 00:19:26,096 --> 00:19:27,296 Good morning. 206 00:19:33,003 --> 00:19:35,873 "From fairest creatures we desire increase, 207 00:19:41,044 --> 00:19:43,847 "That thereby beauty's rose might never die, 208 00:19:43,981 --> 00:19:45,883 "But as the riper should by time decease, 209 00:19:46,016 --> 00:19:48,484 "His tender heir might bear his memory." 210 00:19:49,620 --> 00:19:51,698 - So you're on to the Sonnets. - So you've learnt a poem. 211 00:19:53,223 --> 00:19:54,658 I just remember. 212 00:19:54,792 --> 00:19:56,392 Have you got a photographic memory? 213 00:19:56,894 --> 00:19:57,894 Not quite. 214 00:19:58,762 --> 00:20:00,898 Words are like triggers for me. 215 00:20:01,031 --> 00:20:02,232 They set off a sequence. 216 00:20:02,365 --> 00:20:03,805 So, if I've read them, I'll remember. 217 00:20:07,370 --> 00:20:09,807 - You learnt that. - You can try me. 218 00:20:11,842 --> 00:20:13,877 "To be, or not to be." 219 00:20:16,613 --> 00:20:18,015 You can do better than that. 220 00:20:36,465 --> 00:20:38,635 "Nativity, once in the main of light, 221 00:20:38,769 --> 00:20:41,271 "Crawls to maturity, wherewith being crown'd, 222 00:20:41,404 --> 00:20:43,774 "Crooked eclipses 'gainst his glory fight, 223 00:20:43,907 --> 00:20:47,376 "And Time that gave doth now his gift confound." 224 00:20:49,112 --> 00:20:50,580 "Time doth transfix..." 225 00:20:50,714 --> 00:20:53,516 All right, you've got a party trick. I... I get it. 226 00:20:53,650 --> 00:20:55,028 I'm sure it helped you get your First. 227 00:20:55,052 --> 00:20:56,753 But I can't use it, and I don't need it. 228 00:20:57,888 --> 00:20:59,648 So, why don't you fetch me that reading list? 229 00:21:01,158 --> 00:21:03,026 Shall I write it down so you don't forget? 230 00:22:00,317 --> 00:22:01,685 How did it go? 231 00:22:01,818 --> 00:22:04,988 Well. Independent research, mainly. 232 00:22:06,455 --> 00:22:07,958 Is that your usual practice? 233 00:22:08,926 --> 00:22:09,927 It varies. 234 00:22:10,060 --> 00:22:11,695 For a student of Bertie's intelligence, 235 00:22:11,828 --> 00:22:13,797 I'd say independence is a good thing. 236 00:22:16,599 --> 00:22:18,769 You're the best resource he could have. 237 00:22:18,902 --> 00:22:20,337 He needs to be making use of you. 238 00:22:20,469 --> 00:22:22,505 Otherwise, why are you here? 239 00:22:23,840 --> 00:22:25,042 I'll make sure he does. 240 00:22:25,909 --> 00:22:26,910 Good. 241 00:22:41,692 --> 00:22:43,260 That's Tchaikovsky, isn't it? 242 00:22:44,695 --> 00:22:46,163 June, from The Seasons. 243 00:22:48,231 --> 00:22:50,133 I thought you weren't familiar with classical. 244 00:22:50,267 --> 00:22:51,735 I'm learning. 245 00:22:51,868 --> 00:22:53,469 Me, too. Trying. 246 00:22:54,871 --> 00:22:56,206 Are you the only one who plays? 247 00:22:57,607 --> 00:22:59,343 Bertie used to. 248 00:22:59,475 --> 00:23:01,011 Beautifully. 249 00:23:01,645 --> 00:23:03,080 His brother wrote. 250 00:23:04,181 --> 00:23:05,682 Mostly short stories. 251 00:23:06,249 --> 00:23:07,284 Like you. 252 00:23:07,417 --> 00:23:09,086 He took after his father. 253 00:23:13,190 --> 00:23:15,092 He likes to have someone around. 254 00:23:16,460 --> 00:23:17,661 An amanuensis. 255 00:23:17,794 --> 00:23:19,663 Used to be me at the start. 256 00:23:21,365 --> 00:23:25,068 We don't talk about his work. We don't talk about Felix. 257 00:23:25,202 --> 00:23:27,237 Follow those rules and you should be fine. 258 00:23:32,476 --> 00:23:33,744 Of course. 259 00:24:06,977 --> 00:24:09,578 Great writers... steal. 260 00:24:12,182 --> 00:24:14,518 But do you think it's inevitable 261 00:24:14,651 --> 00:24:17,586 that elements of your... personal life 262 00:24:17,721 --> 00:24:19,723 seep into your work? 263 00:24:19,856 --> 00:24:23,193 Um, you're somebody who has experienced 264 00:24:23,326 --> 00:24:24,560 great personal tragedy, 265 00:24:24,694 --> 00:24:28,131 and I'm wondering if the loss of your son 266 00:24:28,265 --> 00:24:31,034 has had a direct impact on the nature of your writing. 267 00:24:32,969 --> 00:24:34,538 If I were drawing on my life, 268 00:24:34,671 --> 00:24:37,441 I'd be writing memoir, not fiction. 269 00:24:37,573 --> 00:24:42,479 But if you're asking if it has affected my writing, 270 00:24:42,612 --> 00:24:44,047 the answer is yes. 271 00:24:44,181 --> 00:24:48,685 In as much as any loss affects one's life. 272 00:24:50,787 --> 00:24:52,189 Losing a child is... 273 00:24:54,558 --> 00:24:55,659 losing a part of oneself. 274 00:24:55,792 --> 00:24:57,561 And bound up with the grief is 275 00:24:57,694 --> 00:24:59,595 a profound sense of injustice... 276 00:25:00,931 --> 00:25:02,065 of being robbed. 277 00:25:02,199 --> 00:25:03,767 And when they take their own life... 278 00:25:06,803 --> 00:25:08,004 one is... 279 00:25:08,905 --> 00:25:11,007 compelled to the unthinkable. 280 00:25:14,845 --> 00:25:16,980 To grieve the child is to grieve the killer. 281 00:25:18,849 --> 00:25:20,169 But if you're asking me seriously, 282 00:25:20,217 --> 00:25:22,052 and I sincerely hope that you're not, 283 00:25:22,185 --> 00:25:25,188 whether my son's death has inspired my writing, 284 00:25:25,322 --> 00:25:26,842 the answer is no, I will not be writing 285 00:25:26,957 --> 00:25:29,326 about his death. I will be writing 286 00:25:29,459 --> 00:25:30,527 in spite of it. 287 00:25:30,660 --> 00:25:32,195 And you will have your novel... 288 00:25:33,563 --> 00:25:34,998 when it is ready. 289 00:25:35,132 --> 00:25:37,300 Mr. Sinclair. 290 00:25:39,369 --> 00:25:40,770 Mr. Sinclair. 291 00:26:03,160 --> 00:26:04,461 Liam, just family tonight. 292 00:26:04,594 --> 00:26:07,130 There will be fixings in the guest house. 293 00:26:07,264 --> 00:26:09,299 - Sure. See you tomorrow. - Three, four, 294 00:26:09,432 --> 00:26:12,035 close the door. Five, six, pick up sticks. 295 00:26:12,169 --> 00:26:14,070 Bingo. Bon appetit. 296 00:27:18,168 --> 00:27:19,869 Oh, good morning, Mr. Somers. 297 00:27:20,003 --> 00:27:21,304 Something I can help you with? 298 00:27:21,438 --> 00:27:24,474 Yes. We've run out of coffee in my, uh... 299 00:27:24,609 --> 00:27:26,576 - place. - Can't have that. 300 00:27:26,711 --> 00:27:28,378 - I'll put a pot on now. - Thanks. 301 00:27:30,247 --> 00:27:31,514 Just getting us some coffee. 302 00:27:31,649 --> 00:27:33,316 I'm glad you're making yourself useful. 303 00:27:35,185 --> 00:27:36,419 Fucking hell! 304 00:27:51,601 --> 00:27:53,103 Everything okay, Mr. Sinclair? 305 00:27:57,307 --> 00:28:00,076 - Don't you have a lesson? - Bertie's just setting up. 306 00:28:17,427 --> 00:28:18,427 The printer. 307 00:28:18,495 --> 00:28:19,796 What are you trying to do? 308 00:28:19,929 --> 00:28:21,097 Print something. 309 00:28:21,666 --> 00:28:22,899 Do you mind? 310 00:28:30,974 --> 00:28:34,010 The printer's the problem. Nothing to do with that thing. 311 00:28:41,619 --> 00:28:44,421 - My dad worked in IT. - Oh, sins of the father. 312 00:28:44,988 --> 00:28:46,389 Yeah, I know a bit. 313 00:28:49,660 --> 00:28:51,361 Thanks. 314 00:28:51,494 --> 00:28:54,230 - That's Winterson. - I beg your pardon? 315 00:28:54,364 --> 00:28:56,933 "Empty space and points of light." Jeanette Winterson. 316 00:28:57,067 --> 00:28:59,302 Final words of Sexing the Cherry. 317 00:29:01,037 --> 00:29:02,357 "And even the most solid of things 318 00:29:02,439 --> 00:29:03,940 "and the most real, the best loved 319 00:29:04,074 --> 00:29:06,309 "and the well-known are only hand-shadows 320 00:29:06,443 --> 00:29:09,212 "on the wall. Empty space and points of light." 321 00:29:15,218 --> 00:29:16,353 Oh. 322 00:29:16,486 --> 00:29:17,487 Good spot. 323 00:29:20,223 --> 00:29:21,491 Is it research? 324 00:29:21,625 --> 00:29:23,135 Close the door on your way out, will you? 325 00:29:23,159 --> 00:29:24,594 Mustn't keep Bert waiting. 326 00:29:39,109 --> 00:29:41,378 Hope you like it strong, Mr. Somers. 327 00:29:42,445 --> 00:29:43,446 Thank you. 328 00:29:45,448 --> 00:29:46,449 It's Liam. 329 00:29:47,350 --> 00:29:48,351 I know. 330 00:30:16,212 --> 00:30:17,681 Might be useful if I could read 331 00:30:17,815 --> 00:30:18,982 some of what you're writing. 332 00:30:19,115 --> 00:30:20,550 Useful for who? 333 00:30:45,275 --> 00:30:47,010 No, Liam. 334 00:30:48,011 --> 00:30:49,212 Can't touch the buds. 335 00:30:50,648 --> 00:30:51,749 Why not? 336 00:30:51,882 --> 00:30:53,149 It's rhododendron. 337 00:30:53,283 --> 00:30:54,803 Have you never been in a garden before? 338 00:30:56,519 --> 00:30:58,521 Not everyone has gardens like this. 339 00:31:00,056 --> 00:31:01,257 It's poisonous. 340 00:31:02,091 --> 00:31:03,359 There's toxins in the sap. 341 00:31:18,742 --> 00:31:19,743 Do you want one? 342 00:31:24,547 --> 00:31:25,548 All right. 343 00:31:26,851 --> 00:31:28,051 Cheers. 344 00:31:36,226 --> 00:31:37,560 It's basically a weed. 345 00:31:39,362 --> 00:31:40,698 Nothing can grow around it. 346 00:31:42,365 --> 00:31:44,167 The roots, they, uh... 347 00:31:44,300 --> 00:31:45,703 They strangle everything they touch. 348 00:31:46,937 --> 00:31:48,204 It's quite clever, actually. 349 00:31:53,309 --> 00:31:54,745 Felix was obsessed with them. 350 00:31:56,747 --> 00:31:57,781 Rhododendron. 351 00:31:58,782 --> 00:31:59,783 The rose tree. 352 00:32:00,718 --> 00:32:01,785 It's ancient Greek. 353 00:32:19,937 --> 00:32:21,437 They are beautiful. 354 00:32:26,944 --> 00:32:28,712 That's not why he was obsessed with them. 355 00:33:02,512 --> 00:33:04,414 Oh, no, no, no, no. 356 00:33:12,388 --> 00:33:13,590 Shit! 357 00:33:28,304 --> 00:33:29,673 Oh, Mr. Somers. 358 00:33:29,807 --> 00:33:32,710 There's been a slight delay to your laundry. 359 00:33:32,843 --> 00:33:35,111 I have brought you a fresh change of clothes. 360 00:33:35,244 --> 00:33:38,381 I'll just put them down here, 361 00:33:38,514 --> 00:33:39,683 if that's all right? 362 00:33:39,817 --> 00:33:42,251 - Sure. Oh, I can do that. - No, no, no, no. 363 00:33:42,385 --> 00:33:43,821 It's quite all right, Mr. Somers. 364 00:33:44,487 --> 00:33:46,857 You are expected at dinner. 365 00:34:20,858 --> 00:34:24,360 Liam, so sorry. We should have warned you. 366 00:34:24,494 --> 00:34:26,396 The power tends to go down in a storm. 367 00:34:28,632 --> 00:34:30,034 The price of isolation. 368 00:34:37,908 --> 00:34:40,376 "And there was." 369 00:34:44,048 --> 00:34:45,849 Any objections to Beethoven? 370 00:34:52,856 --> 00:34:54,896 You boys didn't lose anything in the storm, did you? 371 00:34:55,291 --> 00:34:56,827 I didn't. 372 00:34:56,960 --> 00:34:58,829 We were making great progress, I think. 373 00:34:59,495 --> 00:35:01,165 Oh, in that case, 374 00:35:01,297 --> 00:35:03,266 I may need to borrow you this evening. 375 00:35:05,703 --> 00:35:08,739 Computer is playing up again. You don't mind, do you, Liam? 376 00:35:11,675 --> 00:35:14,111 That's fine. I have tomorrow's lesson planned. 377 00:35:14,243 --> 00:35:15,445 Good. 378 00:35:18,849 --> 00:35:20,184 You know, Liam's a writer, too. 379 00:35:20,316 --> 00:35:21,719 Mmm. Did you show Bertie 380 00:35:21,852 --> 00:35:23,412 - your student pieces? - No, no. 381 00:35:24,220 --> 00:35:25,421 I've seen the novel. 382 00:35:26,824 --> 00:35:27,991 Tower 24. 383 00:35:28,892 --> 00:35:29,927 Working title. 384 00:35:30,994 --> 00:35:32,361 It's actually quite good. 385 00:35:33,296 --> 00:35:34,530 Reads like a Sinclair. 386 00:35:35,699 --> 00:35:37,677 That's why the desk lamp is burning into the night. 387 00:35:37,701 --> 00:35:39,335 I haven't worked on it in a long time. 388 00:35:39,469 --> 00:35:41,672 It's, um, it's not finished. 389 00:35:41,805 --> 00:35:43,006 Then why does Bertie have it? 390 00:35:56,153 --> 00:35:57,353 Thanks. 391 00:35:57,487 --> 00:35:58,287 Come and see me after dinner. 392 00:35:58,421 --> 00:35:59,723 You know where I am. 393 00:36:05,528 --> 00:36:06,730 It suits you. 394 00:36:07,430 --> 00:36:08,966 Felix's clothes. 395 00:36:26,049 --> 00:36:27,885 This damn thing buckles in a storm, 396 00:36:28,018 --> 00:36:30,754 and I need to know that my work is safe. 397 00:36:30,888 --> 00:36:32,588 You've got multiple backups, right? 398 00:36:32,723 --> 00:36:34,266 Oh, I used to have people do that for me. 399 00:36:34,290 --> 00:36:36,526 - PAs, you know. - But not anymore. 400 00:36:36,660 --> 00:36:38,662 Well, people like that can be very nosy. 401 00:36:41,397 --> 00:36:42,733 You need to enter your password. 402 00:36:42,866 --> 00:36:43,934 Okay. 403 00:36:50,674 --> 00:36:52,609 I can run a backup to the Cloud if you want. 404 00:36:52,743 --> 00:36:53,877 Oh, absolutely not. 405 00:36:54,011 --> 00:36:56,013 I don't give my work away for free. 406 00:36:57,648 --> 00:36:59,616 Looks like there's another server running. 407 00:37:00,383 --> 00:37:01,551 Is it here? 408 00:37:01,685 --> 00:37:04,188 Oh, that... Oh, it's next door. 409 00:37:04,320 --> 00:37:06,857 Used to be part of the study. Don't need the space. 410 00:37:06,990 --> 00:37:09,860 - You want me to shut it down? - No, keep it running. 411 00:37:09,993 --> 00:37:11,028 Just in case. 412 00:37:11,594 --> 00:37:13,429 Okay. 413 00:37:13,563 --> 00:37:15,933 Now, you should be safe for the next storm. 414 00:37:17,366 --> 00:37:18,467 Goodnight, Mr. Sinclair. 415 00:37:18,601 --> 00:37:20,436 Wow, that was quick. 416 00:37:23,406 --> 00:37:24,608 Scotch? 417 00:37:26,009 --> 00:37:27,044 Sit down. 418 00:37:28,979 --> 00:37:30,914 If you're serious about doing this, 419 00:37:31,048 --> 00:37:34,284 you must bear one thought cheerfully in mind 420 00:37:34,417 --> 00:37:36,820 whenever you put pen to paper. 421 00:37:36,954 --> 00:37:42,192 Whenever you read, eat, drink, fuck, whatever, 422 00:37:42,326 --> 00:37:43,927 one thought. One simple one. 423 00:37:44,527 --> 00:37:46,730 Good writers borrow. 424 00:37:46,864 --> 00:37:49,199 - Great writers steal. - Don't tell me you're a fan. 425 00:37:53,770 --> 00:37:55,305 There is a new novel. 426 00:37:55,438 --> 00:37:57,007 Started a while back. 427 00:37:58,441 --> 00:37:59,743 Almost over the line. 428 00:38:01,945 --> 00:38:04,447 I was wondering if you might be on hand 429 00:38:04,580 --> 00:38:05,916 for the final stretch. 430 00:38:06,049 --> 00:38:08,819 Keep the story safe, provide some amusement. 431 00:38:08,952 --> 00:38:11,321 I've found in the past that can be really useful. 432 00:38:11,454 --> 00:38:14,324 Someone separate from work. 433 00:38:14,457 --> 00:38:16,392 You know, not a writer, preferably. 434 00:38:16,525 --> 00:38:17,761 Well, not a real one. 435 00:38:20,063 --> 00:38:21,530 So easy to forget... 436 00:38:21,665 --> 00:38:23,233 it's only really a game. 437 00:38:23,367 --> 00:38:25,702 Oh, don't want to distract from Bert's studies. 438 00:38:25,836 --> 00:38:27,371 No. No, you wouldn't. 439 00:38:27,503 --> 00:38:29,405 And I'd pay, of course. 440 00:38:31,041 --> 00:38:32,142 Take it you're in? 441 00:38:35,679 --> 00:38:37,281 We'll make a thief of you yet. 442 00:38:43,053 --> 00:38:44,187 What's it called? 443 00:38:46,056 --> 00:38:47,057 Rose Tree. 444 00:38:48,491 --> 00:38:49,793 What do you think? 445 00:38:53,030 --> 00:38:54,031 I love it. 446 00:39:02,072 --> 00:39:03,674 What did you two talk about? 447 00:39:05,876 --> 00:39:08,477 Liam, I won't tell. 448 00:39:13,884 --> 00:39:15,652 Oh, hello. Are you lost? 449 00:39:16,320 --> 00:39:17,821 Ah! The missing mother. 450 00:39:19,890 --> 00:39:21,158 What are we discussing? 451 00:39:22,392 --> 00:39:23,627 Bertie. 452 00:39:24,161 --> 00:39:25,228 How he's doing. 453 00:39:26,630 --> 00:39:28,265 Course. The boy wonder. 454 00:39:29,333 --> 00:39:31,768 Going to be another late one I'm afraid, my love. 455 00:39:32,769 --> 00:39:33,913 Pay me a visit, won't you? 456 00:39:33,937 --> 00:39:35,471 Of course, darling. 457 00:40:28,358 --> 00:40:30,260 Friends, family, 458 00:40:30,394 --> 00:40:32,195 there must be sacrifice. 459 00:40:33,163 --> 00:40:34,765 When you embark upon a novel, 460 00:40:34,898 --> 00:40:37,768 and begin that communion with yourself, 461 00:40:37,901 --> 00:40:39,703 you are alone. 462 00:40:39,836 --> 00:40:41,138 Armed only with your craft 463 00:40:41,271 --> 00:40:44,573 and, hopefully, your talent. 464 00:40:47,778 --> 00:40:48,778 What's that? 465 00:40:48,879 --> 00:40:50,614 It's an essay of yours. 466 00:40:52,616 --> 00:40:54,084 This is good, Bertie. 467 00:40:55,419 --> 00:40:56,920 I'd love to have thought of this. 468 00:41:00,857 --> 00:41:02,192 Your reading list helped. 469 00:41:06,830 --> 00:41:08,031 How can I make it better? 470 00:41:15,372 --> 00:41:17,116 And in your conclusion, you might wanna to consider 471 00:41:17,140 --> 00:41:19,976 Shakespeare's familiarity with Hippolytus. 472 00:41:20,110 --> 00:41:21,470 I didn't know that you were allowed 473 00:41:21,511 --> 00:41:23,113 to make connections like that, 474 00:41:23,246 --> 00:41:25,749 you know, between texts, across the genres. 475 00:41:25,882 --> 00:41:27,326 It's like a whole different thing. 476 00:41:28,785 --> 00:41:31,088 Sorry, but there are no new ideas. 477 00:41:31,221 --> 00:41:33,890 To our Alexander and our Aristotle. 478 00:41:34,024 --> 00:41:35,792 Most writers are reconciled to the fact. 479 00:41:35,926 --> 00:41:37,861 And if they're not, they very soon will be. 480 00:42:40,357 --> 00:42:41,626 Oh, Liam. 481 00:42:41,758 --> 00:42:43,069 Give that the once-over, will you? 482 00:42:43,093 --> 00:42:44,093 Yeah. 483 00:42:44,161 --> 00:42:45,630 Flower-Gathering is my favorite. 484 00:42:45,762 --> 00:42:47,130 From A Boy's Will. 485 00:42:48,165 --> 00:42:49,299 Oh. 486 00:42:51,868 --> 00:42:53,803 "Are you dumb because you know me not, 487 00:42:53,937 --> 00:42:56,206 "Or dumb because you know?" 488 00:42:56,840 --> 00:42:58,308 Well spotted. Come in. 489 00:43:00,977 --> 00:43:02,712 Everything's fine. 490 00:43:02,846 --> 00:43:05,048 You've still got that server running next door. 491 00:43:05,182 --> 00:43:07,217 Oh, forget that. It's dormant. 492 00:43:07,350 --> 00:43:09,686 - Or I can just shut it down. - Leave it. 493 00:43:11,087 --> 00:43:13,190 Your father teach you all that? 494 00:43:14,090 --> 00:43:16,426 I learned. He didn't teach me. 495 00:43:16,560 --> 00:43:19,329 I'll wager he's glad you didn't go into IT. 496 00:43:25,101 --> 00:43:27,003 What are people saying about me? 497 00:43:34,044 --> 00:43:35,779 People think you've retired. 498 00:43:44,387 --> 00:43:45,455 You are amusing. 499 00:43:55,966 --> 00:43:57,326 Have you only just got out? 500 00:43:59,970 --> 00:44:02,205 We're getting our money's worth, aren't we? 501 00:44:05,242 --> 00:44:07,310 You and Bertie seem to be getting along. 502 00:44:08,245 --> 00:44:09,512 This new arrangement isn't 503 00:44:09,647 --> 00:44:11,548 drawing your focus away from him, is it? 504 00:44:11,682 --> 00:44:13,083 No, not at all. 505 00:44:15,986 --> 00:44:17,387 "What makes an ending?" 506 00:44:18,521 --> 00:44:20,257 That's what we've been talking about. 507 00:44:21,491 --> 00:44:23,026 He's thinking of his own. 508 00:44:23,694 --> 00:44:24,761 Have you seen it? 509 00:44:24,894 --> 00:44:26,096 No. 510 00:44:26,664 --> 00:44:27,931 But he's writing? 511 00:44:28,064 --> 00:44:29,266 I think so. 512 00:44:30,066 --> 00:44:31,434 I think he's close. 513 00:44:36,206 --> 00:44:37,841 He calls me "the missing mother," 514 00:44:37,974 --> 00:44:39,843 because I wasn't there when our son died. 515 00:44:42,145 --> 00:44:44,347 I was in Venice. The Biennale. 516 00:44:46,717 --> 00:44:47,917 I don't go anymore. 517 00:45:07,103 --> 00:45:09,172 - You're up late. - So are you. 518 00:45:10,006 --> 00:45:11,908 You know you're not the first, right? 519 00:45:17,715 --> 00:45:19,082 Get some sleep, Bertie. 520 00:45:23,621 --> 00:45:24,655 Goodnight. 521 00:45:24,789 --> 00:45:25,989 Night. 522 00:45:35,965 --> 00:45:37,434 Say I die. 523 00:45:37,567 --> 00:45:39,336 Right here, right now. 524 00:45:39,469 --> 00:45:41,204 Who owns my words? 525 00:45:42,105 --> 00:45:43,282 I don't mean in a legal sense. 526 00:45:43,306 --> 00:45:45,375 I mean, testament to experience. 527 00:45:45,508 --> 00:45:47,611 Words I chose because I believed 528 00:45:47,745 --> 00:45:50,046 they bore witness to a truth beyond fiction. 529 00:45:50,180 --> 00:45:51,581 Because, when strung together, 530 00:45:51,716 --> 00:45:54,184 they accorded to a music only I could hear. 531 00:45:54,317 --> 00:45:57,120 Resolved some conflict raging within me. 532 00:45:58,588 --> 00:46:00,423 Who owns them? 533 00:46:00,557 --> 00:46:04,961 They belong to whoever chooses to read them. 534 00:46:06,162 --> 00:46:08,231 And since we are the words we write... 535 00:46:09,432 --> 00:46:10,467 so do we. 536 00:46:10,600 --> 00:46:13,303 Finders fucking keepers. 537 00:46:15,372 --> 00:46:19,876 Oh. Only gods come out of the machine, Liam. 538 00:46:21,211 --> 00:46:23,046 Ghosts stay in them. 539 00:46:26,282 --> 00:46:27,884 You've said that before. 540 00:46:28,819 --> 00:46:30,186 In Pearlescence. 541 00:46:30,320 --> 00:46:31,187 Did I? 542 00:46:31,321 --> 00:46:33,456 Jesus, I'm repeating myself now. 543 00:46:33,590 --> 00:46:35,392 And from one of your lesser works. 544 00:46:40,897 --> 00:46:42,899 You know, I don't even remember 545 00:46:43,032 --> 00:46:44,300 half of that one. 546 00:46:49,906 --> 00:46:51,074 First draft. 547 00:46:51,675 --> 00:46:54,110 Tad shorter than usual. 548 00:46:54,244 --> 00:46:56,446 Thought you might like to proofread it. 549 00:46:56,579 --> 00:46:57,580 Would that be a problem? 550 00:47:00,818 --> 00:47:02,252 Not if you read mine. 551 00:47:04,622 --> 00:47:06,356 All right. 552 00:47:06,489 --> 00:47:08,558 Drop it in first thing tomorrow morning. 553 00:48:01,712 --> 00:48:04,113 Dante. Tolstoy. Flaubert. 554 00:48:04,247 --> 00:48:06,382 Not a single one of them read. 555 00:48:06,516 --> 00:48:08,819 What the fuck do they even teach you at that school? 556 00:48:08,953 --> 00:48:10,119 May as well burn them. 557 00:48:10,253 --> 00:48:12,222 You may as well be illiterate. Are you? 558 00:48:13,556 --> 00:48:15,525 What your brother would have given to read 559 00:48:15,659 --> 00:48:18,294 any of these works that you shun. 560 00:48:18,428 --> 00:48:20,997 At least he had the intellect to read mine. 561 00:48:23,032 --> 00:48:24,635 Oh, Bert, come here. 562 00:48:30,173 --> 00:48:32,308 It's me. It's me. 563 00:48:52,195 --> 00:48:53,731 - Morning. - Morning. 564 00:48:55,799 --> 00:48:56,800 My novel. 565 00:48:57,400 --> 00:48:59,803 Tower 24. Longhand. 566 00:49:01,237 --> 00:49:03,373 Like the best. Look forward to it. 567 00:49:04,875 --> 00:49:06,442 Oh, take those, would you? 568 00:49:19,489 --> 00:49:21,049 - I can't do this. He's right. - Bertie. 569 00:49:21,157 --> 00:49:22,392 I haven't read... 570 00:49:22,525 --> 00:49:23,937 I don't fucking... I don't know enough. 571 00:49:23,961 --> 00:49:25,104 I've not read enough. I'm wasting my time. 572 00:49:25,128 --> 00:49:26,128 I'm wasting your time. 573 00:49:26,229 --> 00:49:27,273 It's just all a fucking waste. 574 00:49:27,297 --> 00:49:28,398 Stop it, stop it. Hey. Hey. 575 00:49:28,531 --> 00:49:29,609 Stop it. Stop it. 576 00:49:29,633 --> 00:49:30,833 Hey. Listen to me. Look at me. 577 00:49:30,935 --> 00:49:32,468 Take a breath. Take a breath. 578 00:49:32,602 --> 00:49:36,205 Bertie. Bertie. Look at me. Just one breath. One breath. 579 00:49:38,341 --> 00:49:40,143 It's all right. It's okay. 580 00:49:40,878 --> 00:49:41,878 It's okay. 581 00:49:42,345 --> 00:49:43,681 It's okay. 582 00:49:58,294 --> 00:49:59,495 Hey. 583 00:50:05,602 --> 00:50:07,103 I won't let him bother you. 584 00:50:07,236 --> 00:50:08,538 It's too late for that. 585 00:50:10,040 --> 00:50:12,676 You... can go if you want. I understand. 586 00:50:15,846 --> 00:50:17,648 When you said I wasn't the first, 587 00:50:18,381 --> 00:50:19,650 what did you mean? 588 00:50:21,150 --> 00:50:22,390 I know I'm not the first tutor. 589 00:50:22,485 --> 00:50:23,925 But that's not what you meant, is it? 590 00:50:27,590 --> 00:50:29,627 My father likes keeping his favorites close. 591 00:50:32,128 --> 00:50:34,765 He moved Felix into the room next to his, for fuck's sake. 592 00:50:37,333 --> 00:50:38,601 I'm not Felix. 593 00:50:40,904 --> 00:50:41,905 I know. 594 00:50:52,883 --> 00:50:54,417 Take the day off, Bertie. 595 00:50:56,486 --> 00:50:57,888 So you're not leaving? 596 00:50:59,690 --> 00:51:00,691 No. 597 00:51:01,457 --> 00:51:02,793 I'm not going anywhere. 598 00:52:59,275 --> 00:53:00,476 Good swim? 599 00:53:01,344 --> 00:53:02,813 Yeah. 600 00:53:02,946 --> 00:53:04,748 Not as warm as it looks. 601 00:53:07,017 --> 00:53:08,284 Don't do it again. 602 00:53:09,519 --> 00:53:11,054 - I'm sorry? - Lake's off limits. 603 00:53:11,188 --> 00:53:12,488 For their sake. 604 00:53:12,623 --> 00:53:16,226 It's only been two years since Felix. 605 00:53:16,359 --> 00:53:17,560 They're a little delicate. 606 00:53:19,495 --> 00:53:21,865 - I'm sorry. I didn't know. - You do now. 607 00:53:23,366 --> 00:53:26,203 I finished your novel, by the way. 608 00:53:26,335 --> 00:53:28,437 Bring mine over tonight, we'll debrief. 609 00:53:28,571 --> 00:53:30,073 I might need a little more time 610 00:53:30,207 --> 00:53:31,407 to finish reading it. 611 00:53:31,541 --> 00:53:32,843 You found time to swim. 612 00:54:23,694 --> 00:54:24,895 Come in. 613 00:54:32,769 --> 00:54:35,005 I've annotated the text where I've spotted anything. 614 00:54:35,138 --> 00:54:37,608 There's a cross-referenced document on my laptop. 615 00:54:38,642 --> 00:54:39,843 Very thorough. 616 00:54:41,444 --> 00:54:43,546 Well, don't keep me in suspense. 617 00:54:44,648 --> 00:54:46,515 It's like nothing you've written before. 618 00:54:46,650 --> 00:54:47,918 It was hard to read. 619 00:54:48,451 --> 00:54:49,518 What... 620 00:54:49,653 --> 00:54:51,420 Why? 621 00:54:51,554 --> 00:54:53,522 Because even if I started writing it, 622 00:54:53,657 --> 00:54:55,325 even if I... 623 00:54:55,458 --> 00:54:57,493 devoted my entire life... 624 00:54:58,195 --> 00:54:59,462 I wouldn't come close. 625 00:54:59,595 --> 00:55:01,698 I mean, the voice, the rhythm, the cadences. 626 00:55:01,832 --> 00:55:03,901 It just feels... It feels new. 627 00:55:04,034 --> 00:55:05,314 I don't know how you've done it, 628 00:55:05,401 --> 00:55:07,738 but you sound new. 629 00:55:08,805 --> 00:55:10,707 It very well could be a masterpiece. 630 00:55:12,142 --> 00:55:13,810 But, um, the ending. 631 00:55:13,944 --> 00:55:15,879 - Part three? - Mmm-hmm. 632 00:55:16,613 --> 00:55:18,615 It feels like a different novel. 633 00:55:21,285 --> 00:55:23,153 Like it doesn't belong here. 634 00:55:25,389 --> 00:55:26,565 The work just deserves better. 635 00:55:26,589 --> 00:55:28,557 - I had to tell you that. - Mmm. 636 00:55:38,467 --> 00:55:40,771 You seem to have misunderstood, Liam. 637 00:55:42,272 --> 00:55:43,607 We're not peers. 638 00:55:43,740 --> 00:55:45,042 You're a proofreader. 639 00:55:45,175 --> 00:55:47,044 But as you've begun... 640 00:55:48,178 --> 00:55:50,446 we'll suspend disbelief a while. 641 00:55:52,515 --> 00:55:55,319 Your first novel. 642 00:55:55,451 --> 00:55:57,788 Something of a misnomer, is it not? 643 00:55:57,921 --> 00:55:59,856 - How do you mean? - It's not a novel. 644 00:55:59,990 --> 00:56:01,425 It's passable airport fiction. 645 00:56:01,590 --> 00:56:02,870 I can see why you gave up on it. 646 00:56:04,061 --> 00:56:05,629 Could be tweaked into a short story, 647 00:56:05,762 --> 00:56:07,731 a novella at best. 648 00:56:07,864 --> 00:56:10,200 I could easily pass it on to my editor 649 00:56:10,334 --> 00:56:11,401 for a second opinion. 650 00:56:11,534 --> 00:56:13,569 But I have a reputation. 651 00:56:14,570 --> 00:56:16,373 Imagine. 652 00:56:16,505 --> 00:56:18,474 My publisher wakes up one morning, 653 00:56:18,608 --> 00:56:20,543 finds a message from me 654 00:56:20,677 --> 00:56:22,612 claiming to have found the next best thing. 655 00:56:22,746 --> 00:56:24,982 Tower 24. He'd think I'd cracked. 656 00:56:26,116 --> 00:56:28,852 I can't put my name to just anything. 657 00:56:32,456 --> 00:56:33,623 That's years of work. 658 00:56:33,757 --> 00:56:35,859 Really? How frustrating. 659 00:56:35,993 --> 00:56:37,961 Then again, I'll never get back the hours 660 00:56:38,095 --> 00:56:40,364 I spent reading it. 661 00:56:40,496 --> 00:56:42,498 We needn't waste any more time. 662 00:56:46,003 --> 00:56:47,503 - I'm sorry. - Oh, don't be. 663 00:56:47,637 --> 00:56:49,406 You weren't to know. 664 00:56:49,538 --> 00:56:51,775 Oh, have you considered teaching? 665 00:56:52,476 --> 00:56:54,478 This isn't about the writing. 666 00:56:54,611 --> 00:56:56,646 Oh, it's only ever about the writing, Liam. 667 00:56:58,749 --> 00:57:00,549 And I regret to say... 668 00:57:02,119 --> 00:57:03,120 you cannot write. 669 00:57:04,553 --> 00:57:06,089 Send me that document, would you? 670 00:57:07,624 --> 00:57:08,825 I'll do it before I leave. 671 00:57:08,959 --> 00:57:10,303 Ah! You're not finished yet. 672 00:57:10,327 --> 00:57:11,367 You can find someone else. 673 00:57:11,461 --> 00:57:12,461 Liam. 674 00:57:12,561 --> 00:57:13,964 You signed the agreement. 675 00:57:15,298 --> 00:57:18,735 Great shame to break your bond now. 676 00:57:18,869 --> 00:57:21,570 I so loathe dealing with lawyers. 677 00:57:24,975 --> 00:57:26,542 I'm saving your life, Liam. 678 00:57:45,328 --> 00:57:47,330 Fuck! 679 00:58:55,232 --> 00:58:57,734 I thought you didn't want to do public appearances. 680 00:58:59,236 --> 00:59:00,637 Just dropping into the conference, 681 00:59:00,770 --> 00:59:01,770 surprise them all. 682 00:59:01,838 --> 00:59:02,906 Spontaneity, darling. 683 00:59:03,039 --> 00:59:04,875 You remember that, don't you? 684 00:59:06,776 --> 00:59:08,745 Ah! The tutor. 685 00:59:12,082 --> 00:59:13,183 Did you want something? 686 00:59:13,316 --> 00:59:15,919 I just wanted to say thank you. 687 00:59:16,052 --> 00:59:17,721 I'm honored that you read my work. 688 00:59:19,022 --> 00:59:21,391 - Still waiting on that email. - I'll send it today. 689 00:59:21,525 --> 00:59:24,461 Uh, no disclosure of my work to any third party, 690 00:59:24,594 --> 00:59:25,896 as per the agreement. 691 00:59:26,963 --> 00:59:28,698 That includes Helene. 692 00:59:29,399 --> 00:59:30,967 Liam, you're welcome. 693 00:59:36,373 --> 00:59:38,017 You've been brought up by the most revered writer 694 00:59:38,041 --> 00:59:39,075 in the country. 695 00:59:39,209 --> 00:59:41,144 So, why should I give you a place? 696 00:59:46,049 --> 00:59:48,919 Well, uh, he's a writer. 697 00:59:49,052 --> 00:59:51,121 I want to be able to learn to read work. 698 00:59:51,254 --> 00:59:53,323 You know, to learn to criticize. 699 00:59:55,392 --> 00:59:57,294 How do you criticize your father? 700 00:59:57,427 --> 00:59:58,962 I haven't read his work. 701 00:59:59,095 --> 01:00:00,363 That's not what I asked. 702 01:00:03,366 --> 01:00:05,869 I asked how you'd criticize your father. 703 01:00:13,743 --> 01:00:15,245 Nothing can grow around him. 704 01:00:17,080 --> 01:00:18,815 My father never raised us. 705 01:00:20,717 --> 01:00:22,085 He just made us sick. 706 01:00:23,153 --> 01:00:24,154 How? 707 01:00:24,287 --> 01:00:26,189 Not caring is worse than cruelty. 708 01:00:28,758 --> 01:00:29,969 What his son wanted was his approval 709 01:00:29,993 --> 01:00:31,228 and he couldn't give it. 710 01:00:33,897 --> 01:00:35,498 - But don't you want it? - No. 711 01:00:36,900 --> 01:00:38,268 Look where that got Felix. 712 01:00:43,106 --> 01:00:45,175 My brother didn't go into the water to swim. 713 01:00:56,086 --> 01:00:57,354 But you could. 714 01:01:02,492 --> 01:01:03,493 I did. 715 01:02:23,440 --> 01:02:25,108 Whoo! 716 01:02:48,164 --> 01:02:50,100 I've been invited to an 18th tonight 717 01:02:50,233 --> 01:02:52,068 and my mother is worried 718 01:02:52,202 --> 01:02:54,304 that it's gonna distract me from our prep. 719 01:02:55,505 --> 01:02:56,539 I'm not worried. 720 01:02:57,742 --> 01:02:59,409 We've been working very hard. 721 01:02:59,542 --> 01:03:01,320 You're sick to death of me. 722 01:03:01,344 --> 01:03:03,546 And I think he could do with a night out of here. 723 01:03:04,280 --> 01:03:05,816 What would your father say? 724 01:03:05,949 --> 01:03:07,150 He's not here. 725 01:03:08,719 --> 01:03:09,820 Where are you gonna stay? 726 01:03:09,953 --> 01:03:11,154 At the flat. 727 01:03:12,088 --> 01:03:13,824 Well, get a cab if you need to, please. 728 01:03:13,957 --> 01:03:16,827 Thank you. 729 01:03:48,591 --> 01:03:49,592 Can I help? 730 01:03:49,926 --> 01:03:52,028 Yes. Ah. 731 01:03:56,901 --> 01:03:58,535 Thank you. 732 01:03:58,669 --> 01:04:00,179 Have you thought about letting Bertie 733 01:04:00,203 --> 01:04:01,971 be somewhere else this summer? 734 01:04:03,540 --> 01:04:05,141 Well, if Bertie's not here, 735 01:04:05,275 --> 01:04:07,110 there's no reason for you to be. 736 01:04:23,259 --> 01:04:24,494 I love it, too. 737 01:04:25,696 --> 01:04:26,996 I didn't say that. 738 01:04:28,264 --> 01:04:29,466 You didn't have to. 739 01:04:37,140 --> 01:04:38,541 What did he do, Liam? 740 01:04:40,009 --> 01:04:41,544 Did he destroy you, too? 741 01:05:19,950 --> 01:05:21,150 What do you want now? 742 01:05:23,353 --> 01:05:24,622 To do my job. 743 01:05:26,089 --> 01:05:27,390 Help Bertie get out. 744 01:05:27,958 --> 01:05:29,259 And leave. 745 01:05:30,026 --> 01:05:31,261 Don't lie. 746 01:05:32,395 --> 01:05:34,230 I think you want the same thing I do. 747 01:05:37,701 --> 01:05:38,702 And what's that? 748 01:05:42,773 --> 01:05:44,340 Why does he lock my dead son's door 749 01:05:44,474 --> 01:05:46,142 if he's got nothing to hide? 750 01:05:47,811 --> 01:05:49,045 I wanna know. 751 01:05:51,080 --> 01:05:52,282 Don't you? 752 01:08:46,890 --> 01:08:48,859 Mr. Somers? 753 01:08:54,932 --> 01:08:55,966 The usual? 754 01:08:57,366 --> 01:08:58,568 Yes. 755 01:09:39,042 --> 01:09:40,611 How are you feeling? 756 01:09:40,744 --> 01:09:43,513 Like shit. And I can't find that Bronte article anywhere. 757 01:09:44,214 --> 01:09:45,348 Liam. 758 01:09:45,481 --> 01:09:46,549 I need you in the study. 759 01:09:46,683 --> 01:09:48,417 - We're still working. - Now. 760 01:09:57,961 --> 01:09:59,696 So, where is everything? 761 01:10:05,535 --> 01:10:06,804 - Fuck. - What? 762 01:10:08,105 --> 01:10:09,472 This looks like a virus. 763 01:10:10,073 --> 01:10:11,374 It's... 764 01:10:12,209 --> 01:10:13,744 It's taken everything. 765 01:10:13,877 --> 01:10:15,444 Restore it from the backup. 766 01:10:15,578 --> 01:10:16,589 Well, you never disconnected the drive. 767 01:10:16,613 --> 01:10:17,653 It must have been running, 768 01:10:17,681 --> 01:10:18,782 so it's gone down too. 769 01:10:18,916 --> 01:10:21,752 - The other server. - It's all... 770 01:10:21,885 --> 01:10:24,822 It's all gone, Mr. Sinclair. 771 01:10:24,955 --> 01:10:25,956 What? 772 01:10:27,423 --> 01:10:28,926 I wanted to shut it down. 773 01:10:34,430 --> 01:10:35,498 It's the malware. 774 01:10:35,632 --> 01:10:36,876 It must have come from my computer 775 01:10:36,900 --> 01:10:38,135 when I sent you the documents, 776 01:10:38,268 --> 01:10:39,303 the annotations. 777 01:10:39,435 --> 01:10:40,804 What? 778 01:10:40,938 --> 01:10:42,172 I am so sorry. 779 01:10:42,306 --> 01:10:44,507 So unlike you to be so careless, darling. 780 01:10:47,010 --> 01:10:49,012 Especially when it's taken you so long. 781 01:10:54,318 --> 01:10:55,919 But you've still got the hard copy. 782 01:11:20,677 --> 01:11:21,879 Close that door. 783 01:11:47,638 --> 01:11:49,673 He must have left it at the conference. 784 01:11:55,578 --> 01:11:57,748 Yeah. It's James Sinclair. 785 01:11:57,881 --> 01:11:59,001 Uh, could you put me through 786 01:11:59,116 --> 01:12:00,583 to the Conference Centre, please? 787 01:12:01,184 --> 01:12:02,185 Yes, I'll hold. 788 01:12:16,233 --> 01:12:18,567 You've already looked in there, darling. 789 01:12:18,702 --> 01:12:20,671 Well, it's not at the conference. 790 01:12:20,804 --> 01:12:22,339 It's not at the hotel. 791 01:12:22,471 --> 01:12:25,175 Not in the car, not in the house. 792 01:12:25,842 --> 01:12:27,945 Someone has taken my novel. 793 01:12:28,078 --> 01:12:29,998 Someone here has it. Which one of you is it, hmm? 794 01:12:33,884 --> 01:12:35,652 Oh, you've taken it, haven't you? 795 01:12:36,253 --> 01:12:37,654 Ah. 796 01:12:37,788 --> 01:12:39,856 Tucked it away somewhere, have you? 797 01:12:40,556 --> 01:12:42,092 So neat and tidy. 798 01:12:42,893 --> 01:12:45,362 Where have you hidden it, Bert? 799 01:12:45,494 --> 01:12:47,097 We all know you're hiding something. 800 01:12:49,299 --> 01:12:50,499 Where is it? 801 01:12:51,668 --> 01:12:53,437 Where is it? 802 01:12:53,569 --> 01:12:54,847 - Where is it? - That's enough! 803 01:12:54,871 --> 01:12:56,940 "It had been overcast all morning. 804 01:12:57,808 --> 01:12:59,475 "But when we were clear of the bay, 805 01:12:59,609 --> 01:13:02,012 "the sun split the cloud bank in two, 806 01:13:03,146 --> 01:13:04,982 "and threw light onto the water. 807 01:13:07,818 --> 01:13:09,552 "Thin films of petrol, 808 01:13:09,686 --> 01:13:11,621 "swirling rainbows. 809 01:13:11,755 --> 01:13:14,691 "I was unsteady on my feet as I approached the bow. 810 01:13:14,825 --> 01:13:17,294 "Someone grabbed my arm, stood me upright. 811 01:13:18,328 --> 01:13:21,798 "I hadn't known how heavy her ashes would be." 812 01:13:21,932 --> 01:13:23,499 How much do you remember? 813 01:13:25,568 --> 01:13:26,770 All of it. 814 01:13:26,903 --> 01:13:28,147 Bertie, go get your things. 815 01:13:28,171 --> 01:13:29,906 Now? Now, sweetheart. 816 01:13:30,040 --> 01:13:31,742 But you're leaving tomorrow. 817 01:13:31,875 --> 01:13:33,195 I'm giving you the space you need, 818 01:13:33,276 --> 01:13:35,045 no distractions. Ellis. 819 01:13:35,679 --> 01:13:36,880 Bring me my bags, please. 820 01:13:37,014 --> 01:13:38,414 He knows I didn't mean it. 821 01:13:38,448 --> 01:13:39,750 I need you here. 822 01:13:39,883 --> 01:13:41,761 - You need to write the book. - I've written it. 823 01:13:41,785 --> 01:13:43,425 Then it shouldn't be too hard to remember. 824 01:13:43,887 --> 01:13:45,022 Is Liam coming? 825 01:13:45,155 --> 01:13:46,923 Just carry on like we've done. 826 01:13:47,057 --> 01:13:48,258 You'll be ready. 827 01:13:48,392 --> 01:13:49,659 Good luck, Bertie. 828 01:13:52,429 --> 01:13:53,897 He'll never get in. 829 01:13:55,665 --> 01:13:57,600 That's what you said about Felix. 830 01:14:04,041 --> 01:14:06,643 - That's my work. - That's the feeling. 831 01:14:09,913 --> 01:14:11,580 I married a writer. 832 01:14:13,450 --> 01:14:14,651 So write. 833 01:14:20,657 --> 01:14:22,526 Boys and their mothers, Liam. 834 01:14:22,659 --> 01:14:24,394 Bet you weren't pampered like that. 835 01:14:24,528 --> 01:14:25,962 - No. - Shall we? 836 01:14:34,738 --> 01:14:35,939 We use this. 837 01:14:37,774 --> 01:14:39,843 Won't need to back this fucker up. 838 01:14:41,778 --> 01:14:43,113 This fucking place. 839 01:14:46,950 --> 01:14:48,251 You waiting for something? 840 01:15:08,271 --> 01:15:10,841 Good start. We'll pick up tomorrow. 841 01:15:13,710 --> 01:15:14,945 Night, Liam. 842 01:15:42,339 --> 01:15:43,373 What was it? 843 01:15:44,407 --> 01:15:45,475 How did it go? 844 01:15:45,610 --> 01:15:46,877 - I remember... - Oh, uh, ah... 845 01:15:52,749 --> 01:15:55,418 "But even from a distance, I could read something absent 846 01:15:55,552 --> 01:15:57,754 "in her bearing, a frailty that I hadn't seen..." 847 01:17:02,118 --> 01:17:03,353 I didn't write that. 848 01:17:04,921 --> 01:17:06,856 It's the end of Part Two. 849 01:17:06,990 --> 01:17:08,602 "These moments rise up before me 850 01:17:08,626 --> 01:17:10,661 "like shards of light in a shallow pool, 851 01:17:10,827 --> 01:17:14,130 "never joined for long enough to tell the storm..." 852 01:17:16,166 --> 01:17:17,777 I didn't write that. You're changing my work. 853 01:17:17,801 --> 01:17:19,769 - I'm not. - Who's the fucking writer? 854 01:17:30,648 --> 01:17:31,881 Right. 855 01:17:33,483 --> 01:17:34,851 End of Part Two. 856 01:17:38,822 --> 01:17:40,123 Let's call it a night. 857 01:18:04,848 --> 01:18:07,183 You know, your novel wasn't bad. 858 01:18:08,753 --> 01:18:09,953 Wasn't bad. 859 01:18:15,225 --> 01:18:17,327 She thinks I'm done. 860 01:18:18,461 --> 01:18:19,562 But we'll show her. 861 01:18:21,097 --> 01:18:22,465 We'll show her, Felix. 862 01:19:41,846 --> 01:19:43,046 Ellis, would you mind? 863 01:19:49,285 --> 01:19:50,487 Welcome home. 864 01:19:52,757 --> 01:19:53,758 We've been working. 865 01:19:54,524 --> 01:19:56,426 - So you're finished? - Not yet. 866 01:19:57,695 --> 01:19:58,895 Better hurry up. 867 01:19:59,028 --> 01:20:00,731 You need to get started on the next one. 868 01:20:00,865 --> 01:20:02,633 Where's Bertie? 869 01:20:02,767 --> 01:20:04,601 - In London. - How is he? 870 01:20:05,235 --> 01:20:06,970 He's fine. Preparing. 871 01:20:08,304 --> 01:20:10,841 Darling, collect the bags from the car, please. 872 01:20:10,974 --> 01:20:12,175 Oh, sure. 873 01:20:14,544 --> 01:20:17,648 Liam, can I see you in the studio, please? 874 01:20:18,381 --> 01:20:19,381 Why? 875 01:20:20,116 --> 01:20:21,685 To extend our arrangement. 876 01:20:27,424 --> 01:20:28,893 His words, 877 01:20:29,025 --> 01:20:30,326 the ones you spoke. 878 01:20:30,960 --> 01:20:31,960 They're not his. 879 01:20:32,061 --> 01:20:33,263 They're my son's. 880 01:20:36,901 --> 01:20:39,670 Then why has it taken him all this time to write? 881 01:20:41,304 --> 01:20:42,673 It wasn't finished. 882 01:20:44,240 --> 01:20:45,676 He gave it an ending. 883 01:20:46,075 --> 01:20:47,343 And? 884 01:20:49,979 --> 01:20:51,281 Hmm. 885 01:20:52,015 --> 01:20:53,283 Then I'd like you to write one. 886 01:20:53,416 --> 01:20:54,618 The shorter the better. 887 01:20:54,752 --> 01:20:56,252 Consider this your first commission. 888 01:20:58,622 --> 01:21:00,356 How soon can you get this done? 889 01:21:02,058 --> 01:21:03,359 I'll start it now. 890 01:21:04,194 --> 01:21:05,361 Good. 891 01:21:07,163 --> 01:21:08,465 Better get on with it. 892 01:21:32,656 --> 01:21:35,325 Return to normality. 893 01:21:35,992 --> 01:21:38,328 We missed you, my love. 894 01:21:38,461 --> 01:21:39,897 Shall we have some music? 895 01:21:40,029 --> 01:21:41,197 Of course. 896 01:21:41,331 --> 01:21:42,833 Some Schubert for the homecoming. 897 01:21:42,967 --> 01:21:44,234 Liam, you choose. 898 01:21:45,101 --> 01:21:46,302 Ah. 899 01:21:49,405 --> 01:21:51,341 We're getting close. 900 01:21:51,474 --> 01:21:53,711 I'll call the publishers tomorrow and let them know 901 01:21:53,844 --> 01:21:55,144 it's on its way. 902 01:21:55,278 --> 01:21:56,723 Well, I've already been in touch with them 903 01:21:56,747 --> 01:21:59,249 - and your editor. - What? I'll speak to them. 904 01:21:59,382 --> 01:22:01,351 No, you won't. I'll deal with that. 905 01:22:01,484 --> 01:22:03,019 No more distractions. 906 01:22:04,220 --> 01:22:06,757 You just focus on finishing. 907 01:22:07,357 --> 01:22:08,726 You deserve to. 908 01:22:10,293 --> 01:22:11,795 You've been held back too long. 909 01:23:03,279 --> 01:23:05,548 You don't mind if I deliver this, do you? 910 01:23:14,058 --> 01:23:15,358 "And then... 911 01:23:16,092 --> 01:23:17,795 "And then she walked 912 01:23:18,862 --> 01:23:20,563 "along the shoreline... 913 01:23:24,100 --> 01:23:26,336 "as far as I could see... 914 01:23:27,570 --> 01:23:30,573 "her dress trailing in the... 915 01:23:31,609 --> 01:23:32,342 "The..." 916 01:23:32,475 --> 01:23:33,711 - "Wash..." - "Wash!" 917 01:23:33,844 --> 01:23:35,345 "of the tide." 918 01:23:35,813 --> 01:23:36,813 "The waves 919 01:23:37,915 --> 01:23:41,652 - "took her footprints." - "Footprints." 920 01:23:43,621 --> 01:23:49,325 "I... followed... after." 921 01:23:52,863 --> 01:23:55,666 "The end." 922 01:24:00,004 --> 01:24:01,071 We did it. 923 01:24:01,204 --> 01:24:02,472 It's done. 924 01:24:03,239 --> 01:24:05,541 We fucking did it! 925 01:24:05,676 --> 01:24:06,677 Oh. 926 01:24:08,177 --> 01:24:10,413 Oh. 927 01:24:10,546 --> 01:24:12,616 Come here. Come here. 928 01:24:15,119 --> 01:24:17,888 Steady. 929 01:24:18,022 --> 01:24:19,222 You and I... 930 01:24:20,423 --> 01:24:22,492 we finished that bastard. 931 01:24:22,626 --> 01:24:25,228 Okay. This calls for a celebration. 932 01:24:29,066 --> 01:24:30,299 All gone! 933 01:24:34,237 --> 01:24:36,140 Oh. 934 01:24:38,574 --> 01:24:40,644 Congratulations, Mr. Sinclair. 935 01:24:41,111 --> 01:24:42,311 Cheers! 936 01:24:51,220 --> 01:24:52,756 I called it Rose Tree, 937 01:24:53,556 --> 01:24:55,191 because I wrote it for him. 938 01:24:56,927 --> 01:24:58,327 He was the only one. 939 01:24:59,195 --> 01:25:01,597 The only one who understood. 940 01:25:04,034 --> 01:25:05,334 I found him, you know. 941 01:25:07,905 --> 01:25:09,572 Not his mother, not Bert. 942 01:25:09,707 --> 01:25:11,709 Both had better things to do. 943 01:25:11,842 --> 01:25:14,912 I dragged him out of that water. 944 01:25:16,146 --> 01:25:19,449 He had a real talent. I tried to help him. 945 01:25:19,582 --> 01:25:21,652 Constructive criticism, like I gave you. 946 01:25:22,853 --> 01:25:26,322 But he was weaker than I thought. 947 01:25:28,058 --> 01:25:29,258 Depressive. 948 01:25:31,427 --> 01:25:32,963 If I'd known... 949 01:25:33,097 --> 01:25:35,378 he would have done something that stupid... 950 01:25:36,265 --> 01:25:37,567 I wouldn't have said... 951 01:25:41,537 --> 01:25:42,840 anything to him. 952 01:25:48,011 --> 01:25:49,012 Right. 953 01:25:50,047 --> 01:25:52,515 You, me, swim. 954 01:25:52,649 --> 01:25:54,051 Right now! 955 01:25:54,184 --> 01:25:56,319 No excuses. Come on, Liam! 956 01:25:56,452 --> 01:25:57,654 Come on! 957 01:26:02,760 --> 01:26:05,829 Exercise makes the day, Liam. 958 01:26:08,464 --> 01:26:10,167 Are you coming in? 959 01:26:10,299 --> 01:26:12,401 - Of course. - Good man. 960 01:26:12,535 --> 01:26:14,504 Now, how... 961 01:26:15,005 --> 01:26:16,173 How... 962 01:26:16,305 --> 01:26:19,643 How... How do you want to be credited? 963 01:26:19,777 --> 01:26:22,345 - How about "author"? - How's that? 964 01:26:23,279 --> 01:26:24,648 It must have hurt you. 965 01:26:24,782 --> 01:26:26,449 When you saw Rose Tree for the first time, 966 01:26:26,582 --> 01:26:28,752 of course, you wished it was yours. 967 01:26:28,886 --> 01:26:31,287 I did, too. He was better than both of us. 968 01:26:31,420 --> 01:26:33,056 Rose Tree is mine. 969 01:26:33,190 --> 01:26:34,557 I wrote the book. 970 01:26:35,391 --> 01:26:37,560 No. Felix wrote it. 971 01:26:37,694 --> 01:26:40,631 You stole it. But I bet you... 972 01:26:41,464 --> 01:26:43,399 he came to you for advice. 973 01:26:43,533 --> 01:26:45,269 And I bet you, you crushed him. 974 01:26:45,401 --> 01:26:46,804 He's my son. 975 01:26:46,937 --> 01:26:48,972 I gave him every word of that novel, 976 01:26:49,106 --> 01:26:50,850 and when he couldn't see it through to the end, 977 01:26:50,874 --> 01:26:51,909 I did. 978 01:26:53,744 --> 01:26:56,113 You know, I found the original on his server. 979 01:26:56,246 --> 01:26:57,648 And I wiped it. 980 01:26:57,781 --> 01:27:01,051 Yours, too. I threw the printout into the lake. 981 01:27:02,485 --> 01:27:03,720 Helene knows. 982 01:27:04,788 --> 01:27:07,090 That's why she asked me to write it and finish it. 983 01:27:08,591 --> 01:27:10,627 'Cause she knew you'd ruin that novel. 984 01:27:10,761 --> 01:27:12,361 She begged me to save it from you. 985 01:27:12,495 --> 01:27:14,231 You're no writer. 986 01:27:14,363 --> 01:27:15,643 That's not what your wife thinks. 987 01:27:16,566 --> 01:27:18,534 You don't fucking know her. 988 01:27:19,670 --> 01:27:21,337 I know what she tastes like. 989 01:27:25,809 --> 01:27:26,844 What? 990 01:27:45,229 --> 01:27:47,231 Drown. Drown! 991 01:27:47,363 --> 01:27:48,464 Drown, you... 992 01:27:50,566 --> 01:27:53,502 Drown! Drown, you fucking... 993 01:28:08,785 --> 01:28:10,386 Ah! 994 01:28:20,463 --> 01:28:21,632 You coward! 995 01:28:21,765 --> 01:28:23,532 You fucking coward! 996 01:28:41,151 --> 01:28:42,653 Ah, we'll get that seen to. 997 01:28:42,786 --> 01:28:44,520 And I'll get you some dry clothes. 998 01:31:11,868 --> 01:31:13,103 Is he okay? 999 01:31:21,244 --> 01:31:23,380 I've read them both, and you were right. 1000 01:31:23,513 --> 01:31:25,115 Yours is the superior ending. 1001 01:31:27,751 --> 01:31:28,985 His is a... 1002 01:31:29,519 --> 01:31:30,821 great shame. 1003 01:31:32,522 --> 01:31:34,124 You can get started now. 1004 01:31:47,437 --> 01:31:50,240 I want to thank you for everything you've done. 1005 01:31:52,109 --> 01:31:54,678 You were perfect. Remarkable, even. 1006 01:31:56,947 --> 01:31:58,815 This is how the story goes. 1007 01:31:59,416 --> 01:32:00,650 My husband, 1008 01:32:00,784 --> 01:32:04,121 after completing his latest novel... 1009 01:32:04,254 --> 01:32:07,023 drowned himself in the lake where his son died. 1010 01:32:08,391 --> 01:32:12,229 We'd been worried about him and his drinking for a while. 1011 01:32:13,396 --> 01:32:15,832 We did all we could to save him... 1012 01:32:15,966 --> 01:32:18,101 but it was too late. 1013 01:32:22,038 --> 01:32:24,374 - What? - And you, Liam, 1014 01:32:24,508 --> 01:32:25,775 you were never here. 1015 01:32:29,913 --> 01:32:31,381 You signed an NDA. 1016 01:32:31,515 --> 01:32:32,955 If you choose to break our agreement, 1017 01:32:33,049 --> 01:32:34,417 there is another story. 1018 01:32:36,219 --> 01:32:39,723 Two witnesses can testify to the murder of my husband 1019 01:32:40,524 --> 01:32:41,892 by an obsessive fan, 1020 01:32:42,459 --> 01:32:43,660 a would-be writer, 1021 01:32:43,793 --> 01:32:45,028 that took a teaching job 1022 01:32:45,162 --> 01:32:47,264 so he could be close to his idol, 1023 01:32:47,397 --> 01:32:48,832 and who snapped 1024 01:32:48,965 --> 01:32:51,368 when his hero told him something he didn't like. 1025 01:32:53,803 --> 01:32:55,672 I don't want any kind of scandal, 1026 01:32:55,805 --> 01:32:57,374 but if I have to, 1027 01:32:57,507 --> 01:33:00,911 I will make you the villain of this story. 1028 01:33:09,452 --> 01:33:11,021 This was never for Bertie. 1029 01:33:12,522 --> 01:33:14,858 I brought you here to get me the truth. 1030 01:33:16,159 --> 01:33:18,595 And when I knew, my husband was always gonna 1031 01:33:18,762 --> 01:33:20,197 join my son in the water. 1032 01:33:21,331 --> 01:33:24,067 Rose Tree will be their legacy. 1033 01:33:28,371 --> 01:33:29,472 The ending. 1034 01:33:33,076 --> 01:33:34,477 I wrote the ending. 1035 01:33:37,648 --> 01:33:39,015 You have to give me that. 1036 01:33:42,852 --> 01:33:44,487 I wrote the fucking ending. 1037 01:33:44,622 --> 01:33:46,556 And I'm grateful. 1038 01:33:46,691 --> 01:33:48,358 That's why I'm giving you a chance. 1039 01:33:49,759 --> 01:33:51,061 I'm going to call an ambulance, 1040 01:33:51,194 --> 01:33:53,196 and I don't wanna have to explain your presence 1041 01:33:53,330 --> 01:33:54,798 when it arrives. 1042 01:33:54,931 --> 01:33:57,100 Much better that you never existed at all. 1043 01:34:00,570 --> 01:34:02,239 My version of events 1044 01:34:02,839 --> 01:34:04,241 is the only version. 1045 01:34:05,475 --> 01:34:06,843 You can see that. 1046 01:35:52,882 --> 01:35:55,619 You have talent. You just needed a story. 1047 01:35:59,155 --> 01:36:00,357 Tell Bertie... 1048 01:36:05,161 --> 01:36:06,529 Don't tell Bertie. 1049 01:36:14,537 --> 01:36:16,439 The gates will close behind you. 1050 01:38:06,349 --> 01:38:07,618 Hello. 1051 01:38:07,751 --> 01:38:10,320 Liam Somers' story of a fading patriarch, 1052 01:38:10,453 --> 01:38:12,455 presiding over a grief-stricken family 1053 01:38:12,589 --> 01:38:14,959 has been described as one of the most striking 1054 01:38:15,091 --> 01:38:16,526 debuts of the year. 1055 01:38:17,560 --> 01:38:19,797 Here with us to discuss his first novel 1056 01:38:19,930 --> 01:38:21,264 is the author. 1057 01:38:23,299 --> 01:38:24,768 Thank you for joining us, Liam. 1058 01:38:27,805 --> 01:38:29,138 Thanks for having me.