{"product_id":"9780008708641","title":"Necessary Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A vital work for our times’ \u003c\/strong\u003eIRENOSEN OKOJIE\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e 'Radical, gorgeous … a queer love song, honouring chosen family’\u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003cem\u003eBIG ISSUE\u003c\/em\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Beautiful … this is prose worth spending time with\u003c\/strong\u003e' \u003cem\u003eMARIE CLAIRE\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘A gorgeously deeply humane book’\u003c\/strong\u003e NICOLE DENNIS-BENN\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'A vivid, stirring revolution' \u003c\/strong\u003eYRSA DALEY-WARD\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘The ink practically hovers off the page’ \u003c\/strong\u003eKAVEH AKBAR\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cem\u003eWhat makes a family? How is it defined and by whom? Is freedom for everyone?\u003c\/em\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAcross Lagos, a rolling cast of unforgettable characters seek out love in all its forms, daring to push all other relationships – with partners, family and friends – to the brink in the process. As they form and break unexpected connections, they reveal how they know each other, have loved each other and had their hearts broken in that pursuit.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eStubbornly alive and brazenly flawed, they work to establish themselves in the city’s worlds of art, music, entertainment and creativity while reckoning with desire, fear, death and God. Here, we witness their collective and individual attempts to grapple with the necessary fictions that they all carry for survival.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThis is a shimmering, defiant cross-generational portrait of what it means to be queer in contemporary Nigeria.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e'Both deeply earnest and unique' \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003cem\u003eVULTURE\u003c\/em\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e'Unabashedly queer, complicated and occasionally outright hopeful' \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003cem\u003eNPR\u003c\/em\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\n          \u003cstrong\u003e'Osunde is brilliant at character, giving the cast rich, knotty backstories that unfold in bursts of revelation' \u003c\/strong\u003e\n          \u003cem\u003eTLS\u003c\/em\u003e\n        \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e‘\u003cem\u003eNecessary Fiction\u003c\/em\u003e's Nigerians are inseparable from Nigeria itself: brazen, willful, sexy, dynamic, explosive’\u003c\/strong\u003e MARLON JAMES\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'Osunde’s writing shines … It’s not just beautiful – it’s transformative’ \u003c\/strong\u003eBASSEY IKPI\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCover illustration by Affen Segun, based on a photograph by Christianah Ebenezer\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eEloghosa Osunde's Necessary Fiction is a compelling narrative that explores the intricacies of life and friendship in Nigeria. This up-coming novel, with its focus on the LGBTQ+ community, is a must-read for anyone interested in African literature.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor fans of Akwaeke Emezi (You Made a Fool of Death With Your Beauty), Yaa Gyasi (Transcendent Kingdom), Caleb Azumah Nelson (Open Water), Damilare Kuku (Nearly All the Men in Lagos Are Mad), and Aiwanose Odafen (Tomorrow I Become a Woman).\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHarperCollins 2025\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eloghosa Osunde","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46889190719637,"sku":"9780008708641","price":45.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0484\/3175\/9509\/files\/9780008708641.jpg?v=1776888445","url":"https:\/\/harpercollins.com.au\/products\/9780008708641","provider":"HarperCollins AU","version":"1.0","type":"link"}