Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O'Connell

At the time I was dating someone else, someone whose penis I can no longer remember. It’s like the ‘Beach House’ episode of Girls. “A straight God would never make a penis this detailed and expressive. “Elliott, if God is real, he’s a fag,” he told me. My best friend Augie dated Gus before me. But if I’m being honest, his dick is the star. Dressed neatly in cardigans and loafers like a true hot gay nerd. High cheekbones, bee-stung lips, wavy brown hair, gentle eyes.

It has the right number of pulsating veins when hard (the correct number is two).

It’s big and thick without being too big or too thick. “With his singular voice and unforgettable wit” (Steven Rowley, author of The Guncle), Ryan O’Connell presents a candid, biting, and refreshingly real commentary on gay life, laugh-out-loud exploration of self, and a rare insight into life as a person with disabilities. But facing your demons is easier said than done. But behind his Instagram filter of a life, he’s grappling with an intensifying alcohol addiction, he can’t seem to stop cheating on his boyfriend with various sex workers, and his cerebral palsy is making him feel like gay Shrek.Īfter falling down a rabbit hole of sex, drinking, and Hollywood backstabbing, Elliott decides to limp his way towards redemption. 'With his singular voice and unforgettable wit' (Steven Rowley, author of The Guncle), Ryan O'Connell presents a candid, biting, and refreshingly real commentary on gay life, laugh-out-loud exploration of self, and a rare insight into life as a person with disabilities.From the star of Peacock’s Queer as Folk and the Netflix series Special comes a “funny, tender, and beautiful” ( Gary Janetti, New York Times bestselling author) novel following a gay TV writer with cerebral palsy as he fights addiction and searches for acceptance in an overwhelmingly ableist world.Įlliott appears to be living the dream as a successful TV writer with a doting boyfriend. But behind his Instagram filter of a life, he's grappling with an intensifying alcohol addiction, he can't seem to stop cheating on his boyfriend with various sex workers, and his cerebral palsy is making him feel like gay Shrek.Īfter falling down a rabbit hole of sex, drinking, and Hollywood backstabbing, Elliott decides to limp his way towards redemption.

From the star of Peacock's Queer as Folk and the Netflix series Special comes a 'funny, tender, and beautiful' ( Gary Janetti, New York Times bestselling author) novel following a gay TV writer with cerebral palsy as he fights addiction and searches for acceptance in an overwhelmingly ableist world.Įlliott appears to be living the dream as a successful TV writer with a doting boyfriend.

Just by Looking at Him by Ryan O'Connell