"Is it possible I’m making sleep apnoea machines cool like my fellow young people did with mullets and moustaches? Also: mullets and moustaches are easy. Reclaim the combover and bifocal lenses, you cowards." Great stuff from youngster @patrickfreyne.bsky.social, as is his debut novel, out this week
Sinéad Gleeson
You're going to get so sick of me soon. I'M sick of me. Here's an essay I did for the Guardian about being the hip young gunslinger of Irish literature:
www.theguardian.com/books/2026/j...
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There are some advantages to being an older debutant, including knowing what it’s like to fail and not having your new novel overshadowed by early literary promise
