'I AM YOUR NEIGHBOUR AND I LOVE YOU NOW.'

Read the opening pages of Ryan O'Connor's work of cosmic realism, 'The Voids'

Ryan O’Connor

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Sean McNulty

Jan 26, 2024

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Ryan O’Connor

As a child I experienced vivid hallucinations. In one terrifying bout I saw everything as numbers stretching to infinity. I developed arithmophobia. I found salvation in words. This is one of the truths at the heart of why I write.

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'I AM YOUR NEIGHBOUR AND I LOVE YOU NOW.'

Read the opening pages of Ryan O'Connor's work of cosmic realism, 'The Voids'

In advance of his canny, funny, audacious masterclass on prose style, we present the opening section of O’Connor’s debut novel.

As I sit here writing this, everything has already happened. The past an…

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