Normal People actor Éanna Hardwicke to narrate the next Sally Rooney novel

Normal People actor Éanna Hardwicke will narrate the audio version of Sally Rooney’s fourth novel Intermezzo, set for release on September 24, according to The Hollywood Reporter.

Hardwicke , who played Rob Hegarty in the Emmy-nominated 2020 Element Pictures series, said: “Her writing was a real gift to act, so it is a privilege to get to share in the Intermezzo story. And to try and capture Sally’s inimitable voice.”

Following the release of the bestselling Conversations With Friends (2017), Normal People (2018) and Beautiful World Where Are You? (2021), the novel will centre around Peter, a successful lawyer, and his brother Ivan, a competitive chess player, who have little in common except for the recent death of their father.

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It will follow the author’s tradition of exploring class, politics and social structures through the lens of interpersonal relationships.

Hardwicke added: “Sally has a beautiful way of bringing us into her character’s hearts and minds. Normal People, like so many others, played a big part in my life, and I have been moved and transported by each of Sally’s wonderful novels. They do what great stories do: make you laugh, make you cry and — hopefully — see the world a little more vividly afterward.”

Yesterday, Normal People lead actress Daisy Edgar-Jones posted on her Instagram story that she had received a copy of Intermezzo.

The audiobook edition will be published by Macmillan Audio on September 24, 2024, and will be available wherever audiobooks are sold.