Auraist: picking the best-written books

Auraist: picking the best-written books

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Auraist: picking the best-written books
The best-written Scottish novel of the century

The best-written Scottish novel of the century

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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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