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Gabriel Flynn

@gabrielflynn.bsky.social

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Writer. Debut novel: Poor Ghost! out now with @sceptrebooks.bsky.social. PhD at Warwick on Adorno’s aesthetics. Co-editor @creativecritical.bsky.social. Amateur footballer.

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · May 22

My debut novel, Poor Ghost! is out today with @sceptrebooks.bsky.social

It’s about class, mourning, love, fathers, Manchester, and lots of other stuff.

I’m proud of it and I hope you’ll enjoy it too.

A handsome looking novel called Poor Ghost! with endorsements from Claire Messud, Lara Williams, Wendy Erskine, Tim MacGabhann, Julianne Pachico, and Aidan Cottrell-Boyce

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Brian Davey @brianmdavey.bsky.social · 17h

lászló krasznahorkai

lászló krasznahorkai how to pronounce

lászló krasznahorkai best book

lászló krasznahorkai shortest book

family guy peter griffin funniest moments compilation

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Stats for Lefties 🍉🏳️‍⚧️ @leftiestats.bsky.social · 17h

🚨 NEW | Greens surge to 15% (2pts behind Lab)

➡️ REF – 32% (-3)
🔴 LAB – 17% (-2)
🔵 CON – 17% (+3)
🟢 GRN – 15% (+4)
🟠 LD – 12% (-)

Via @FindoutnowUK, 8 Oct (+/- vs 1 Oct)

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 17h

Trying my best

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 17h

If you're excited by long-haired literary men being in the spotlight, come along and see me talk with the ‘Kilkenny Krasznahorkai’ @elfodongo.bsky.social tonight!

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 1d

Berlin pals, this is happening tomorrow! Please come along. The book is great and Tim is very funny and eloquent. It’ll be nice.

Me and Tim MacGabhann talking about his memoir THE BLACK POOL at Shakespeare and Sons on Oct 9th 18:45

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 17h

If you haven’t read László Krasznahorkai, I think a great place to start is The Last Wolf (trans by George Szirtes). It’s short and fun and will give you a great sense of what he’s about.

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 18h

Should have put my money where my mouth was

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 1d

My predictions:

1. László Krasznahorkai
2. Don DeLillo
3. Amitav Ghosh

(prediction 3 shamelessly stolen from the champ @mathildegm.bsky.social)

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Daniel Kennedy @fliglman.bsky.social · 21h

I love the idea that there's some guy in the bookies reading through some highbrow Romanian literature (in Swedish translation) and thinking to himself "It's not Cărtărescu's year"

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Marianne Dhenin @mariannedhe.bsky.social · 1d

Sharing my writing on "The Gulf World That Air Conditioning Wrought" once again because you can now listen to it read by a voice actor! Big thanks to the @noemamag.com team, who respected my ask to have a person narrate my writing rather than an automated voice. Check it out! 👂

The Gulf World That Air Conditioning Wrought | NOEMA

From Saudi Arabia to Qatar, rulers have used modern air conditioning to control landscapes and lives, forgoing traditional methods of keeping cool.

www.noemamag.com

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 1d

My predictions:

1. László Krasznahorkai
2. Don DeLillo
3. Amitav Ghosh

(prediction 3 shamelessly stolen from the champ @mathildegm.bsky.social)

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 1d

Berlin pals, this is happening tomorrow! Please come along. The book is great and Tim is very funny and eloquent. It’ll be nice.

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Emily Dische-Becker @emilydische.bsky.social · 1d

highly recommend this interview with Ben Ratskoff about the Nova exhibition
thediasporist.de/schlock-and-...

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Alexander Luckmann @aluckmann.bsky.social · 3d

In case anyone hasn’t seen it here’s a compilation of Eric Adams saying “New York City is the [capital of another country] of America”

youtube.com/shorts/EeEp8...

Eric Adams: "New York City is the ____ of America"

YouTube video by Avery the Cuban-American

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 2d

Some of y’all have never listened to Rock n Roll Gangster by Fieldy’s Dreams and it shows

Arbeitology @arbeitology.bsky.social · 2d

The only album that escapes the nu metal period with any dignity imho

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 2d

when I was 12 I thought Casey Chaos was the coolest guy in the world

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 2d

lol I loved this album, haven’t listened in years but I also remember it as being actually decent

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 2d

pro writing tip: always start the day by addressing a minor administrative task so that you’re in a bad mood when you begin your actual work

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 2d

I never made this connection before and don’t think I’ll be able to unsee it

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 4d

Love to see it

Jerry Howse @jerryh1962.bsky.social · 4d

Clapton CFC lose 9:0 to AFC Sudbury and exit the FA Cup in the 3rd Qualifying Round. However, once again, the team used their platform to protest against the FA’s unjust ban on trans players. Football for **ALL**.
#football #nonleaguefootball #grassrootsfootball #ladiesfootball

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 4d

showing my wife how well I can air drum the intros to all the songs I listened to as a teenager - think she’s impressed!

Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 4d

good episode of my favourite film podcast about this one

#645 - NatSec: Shock and Terror

In WAR OF THE WORLDS (2025), Ice Cube stars as a Homeland Security analyst who uncovers a Deep State surveillance plot AND foils an alien invasion - all without ever leaving his Zoom window. We watche

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 4d

nothing sexier than when a guy fails to make a pun but he shares his working out with you anyway

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 4d

not work on it, but a great representation: the final scene of I’m Alan Partridge (S2, 2002), where Alan goes to see his memoir ‘Bouncing Back’ being pulped:

Alan Partridge watches bouncing back being pulped

YouTube video by Dazz B

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Gabriel Flynn @gabrielflynn.bsky.social · 4d

I have lived in Germany for over six years now so it really shouldn’t shock me anymore, but over and again I’m astounded by the shamelessness and ignorance of these people

Yossi Bartal @yossibartal.bsky.social · 4d

Umerziehungslager Jetzt!

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