The Voids

by Ryan O'Connor

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‘After a couple of weeks, I found myself standing outside the voids in the middle of the night listening for human activity, for any sign of life at all. Voids are flats that have been vacated, that will never be lived in again. But there never were any signs of life. Only the wind whistling through vacant interiors.’

In a condemned tower block in Glasgow, residents slowly trickle away until a young man is left alone with only the angels and devils in his mind for company. Stumbling from one surreal situation to the next, he encounters others on the margins of society, finding friendship and camaraderie wherever it is offered, grappling with who he is and what shape his future might take.

The Voids is an unsparing story of modern-day Britain, told with brilliant flashes of humour and humanity.

  • ISBN10 1913348431
  • ISBN13 9781913348434
  • Publish Date 10 March 2022
  • Publish Status Active
  • Out of Print 30 April 2024
  • Publish Country GB
  • Imprint Scribe Publications
  • Format Hardcover
  • Pages 288
  • Language English