{"product_id":"necessary-fiction-9780008708610","title":"Necessary Fiction","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Eloghosa Osunde\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A vital work for our times’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eIRENOSEN OKOJIE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘A gorgeously deeply humane book’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e NICOLE DENNIS-BENN\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'A vivid, stirring revolution' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eYRSA DALEY-WARD\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘The ink practically hovers off the page’ \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003eKAVEH AKBAR\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eWhat makes a family? How is it defined and by whom? Is freedom for everyone?\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\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\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eThis is a shimmering, defiant cross-generational portrait of what it means to be queer in contemporary Nigeria.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Both deeply earnest and unique' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eVULTURE\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNecessary Fiction\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e's Nigerians are inseparable from Nigeria itself: brazen, willful, sexy, dynamic, explosive’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e MARLON JAMES\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'Osunde’s writing shines … It’s not just beautiful – it’s transformative’\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e BASSEY IKPI\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"HarperCollins Publishers","offers":[{"title":"Hardcover","offer_id":45848316444823,"sku":"9780008708610","price":1497.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780008708610.webp?v=1769297829","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/necessary-fiction-9780008708610","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}