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Just by looking at him : a novel / Ryan O'Connell.
Van Pelt Library PS3615.C5837 J87 2022
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- Format:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- O'Connell, Ryan, 1986- author.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Gay men--Fiction.
- Gay men.
- Television writers--Fiction.
- Television writers.
- People with disabilities--Fiction.
- People with disabilities.
- People with cerebral palsy--Fiction.
- People with cerebral palsy.
- Sex addiction--Fiction.
- Sex addiction.
- Genre:
- Gay fiction.
- Romance fiction.
- Novels.
- LGBTQ+ fiction.
- Humorous fiction.
- Physical Description:
- 292 pages ; 22 cm
- Edition:
- First atria books hardcover edition.
- Place of Publication:
- New York, NY : Atria Books, an imprint of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 2022.
- Summary:
- "From the first line of Just by Looking at Him, you'll know this story is so much more than boy meets boy. First, there's the humor. Elliot is a writer who spends his days navigating the back stabbing, the pressure, and the day to day snark of writing aggressively average television. In laugh out loud detail, we're immediately with him on his journey to try to get his lines onto the screen. But there's a deeper, and more poignant, story beating at the heart of this would be rom com. Instead of the usual boy meets boy, the person you really fall in love, the one you're rooting for until the end, is the protagonist himself. As a gay man with cerebral palsy, Elliot has always searched for the one, and he thought he found that person in Gus, his doting boyfriend. And yet, he can't seem to stop cheating. Elliot falls into a rabbit hole of sex, drinking, and addiction, and ultimately learns that the person he truly needs to learn to accept is himself. As incisive commentary on gay life today, a heart centered, laugh out loud exploration of self and a rare insight into life as a person with disabilities who refuses to be a victim, critics and readers alike will fall in love with this story"-- Provided by publisher.
- Local Notes:
- Acquired for the Penn Libraries with assistance from the Rosengarten Family Fund.
- Other Format:
- Online version: O'Connell, Ryan. Just by looking at him
- ISBN:
- 9781982178581
- 1982178582
- 9781982178598
- 1982178590
- OCLC:
- 1281587963
- Publisher Number:
- 99991070164
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