With his singular voice and unforgettable wit, O'Connell movingly explores how our messiest moments can lead to radical self-acceptance. Ceaselessly entertaining, no-filter comedy, scathing, sparkling and uplifting The writing is dazzling, so funny and free, it's like making friends with someone new and exciting at a party and instantly becoming their best friend. If you liked Detransition Baby you might like this: all anarchic queerness and great jokes
Ryan O'Connell explores the lessons that the vulnerable human body has to teach us, and he does so with humor, heart and heatĪ novel about self-discovery following a character at the intersection of queerness and disability, with plenty of sex involved - Gay Timesįunny, horny, heatbreaking. It's shockingly elegant, and elegantly shockingĪ very funny novel about falling for a fantasy and finding love for one's own self. I've loved Ryan O'Connell's voice in every iteration, but his turn to fiction is my favorite Ryan yet: sharp, bawdy, yet still deeply touching. Praise for Just By Looking at Him: The ONLY book you need to read this LGBTQ+ Pride season, from a hilarious new voice 'One of the funniest books I have ever read' Read More Read Less
'Reads like your favorite whip- smart sitcom everyone looks forward to at the end of the day'
'The author has such a strong voice and has created in Eliot a character that I will not soon forget. 'This book is honest, hilarious, and raw. 'Brutally honest, funny and poignant look at modern life through the lens of disability' What readers are saying about Just By Looking at Him After all, it's a long limp towards redemption.Ī hilarious, sexy, ground-breaking debut novel about the intersection of queerness and disability, and discovering who you really are. But maybe that's part of the deal when you hire a sex worker.Įliott is lost and he needs someone, anyone, to point him in the right direction. River is funny, charming and makes him feel seen. When River walks in, Elliott's life is turned upside down in the best way. He's creatively stifled, he's drinking a little too often and his cerebral palsy makes him feel like gay Shrek. He's living the dream.īut behind the glossy veneer he's been papering over cracks, and they're starting to show. 'Funny, horny, heartbreaking' CAROLINE O'DONOGHUE, author of Promising Young WomenĮliott is a TV writer with a perfect-penised boyfriend. ' A very funny novel about falling for a fantasy and finding love for one's own self' MELISSA BRODER, author of The Pisces O'Connell is one of my favourite writers' MONICA HEISEY, author of Really Good, Actually 'A horny romp that makes you think, laugh, and feel. The hilarious and incisive debut novel from Ryan O'Connell, the award-winning writer and star of Netflix's Special
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