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“Writing a novel is an act of self-annihilation as much as self-discovery. You can kill whole appetites and flood whole depths while plumbing them, but if you are serious about it you also get to put something into the world that wasn't quite there before.”

Quote by Andrew O'Hagan

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Andrew O'Hagan
Andrew O'Hagan

Andrew O'Hagan is an accomplished Irish novelist born in 1968. His works are renowned for their profound emotional depth and unique narrative style, exploring themes of personal identity, moral dilemmas, and the essence of human existence in modern society. more

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