Synopsis
Heartbroken and newly adrift in the world, a young man returns to the city where he grew up, that he thought he'd left behind, to finally confront his father's ghost - a darkly funny debut novel about class, family, and ambition.
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Gabriel Flynn was born in Seattle, Washington, 1991 and grew up in Manchester. He was shortlisted for the White Review Short Story Prize in 2020, and and his work has appeared in Five Dials, Minor Literature[s], and Best British Short Stories. Poor Ghost! is his first novel.
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