Shining a light on world stars

Intimacy with Strangers: A Life of Brief Encounters by Ciaran Carty

**Lilliput Press, €17**

**Reviewed by Dermot Bolger**

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Like the tango, though generally with fewer steps involved, it takes two people to interview. There is the author, actor or director whose name appears in the headline and then, just as importantly, the interviewer whose name appears in the byline.

The job of the first is to talk at length about themselves; the ...