After A Friend's Suicide, A Writer Inherits His Grieving Dog

Sigrid Nunez's 2018 novel The Friend won the National Book Award. It's now a film, starring Naomi Watts and Bill Murray, about a woman who inherits a dog after her friend's suicide. She spoke with Terry Gross about the book in 2019. Also, Justin Chang reviews the new French film thriller Misericordia . Learn more about sponsor message choices: podcastchoices.com/adchoices NPR Privacy Policy