Necessary Fiction's Nigerians are inseparable from Nigeria itself: brazen, willful, sexy, dynamic, explosive. They love hard, fight fierce, and love fiercer. When life has risk at every turn, family is chosen, and love is on the edge of the knife, fiction indeed becomes necessary Marlon James, Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings
A glorious, ambitious portrait of queer lives in Nigeria. A vital work for our times Irenosen Okojie, author of Nudibranch
'Layered and digressive both deeply earnest and unique'Vulture, 7 New Books You Should Read In July
Necessary Fiction lives up to its title and beyond a luminous mirror hall, a prism refracting human need and want, generational patterns and heart work and chosen family carved from the citys chaotic sprawl Yrsa Daley-Ward, author of The Terrible
I cant believe how alive Eloghosa Osundes Necessary Fiction is Osunde writes with the cataclysmic dazzle and sneaky spiritual ache of Denis Johnson, but pitches it toward us here in the digital age The ink practically hovers off the page Kaveh Akbar, author of Martyr!
This book is exquisite and excruciating. It quickens your pulse and burns inside you for days. With elegant, lean, searing language, Eloghosa Osunde reminds us what it really means to be alive Nicole Dennis-Benn, author of Here Comes The Sun
A polyphony of voices and a tapestry of tales. A homage to the chosen family who accept you as you are and support you on the journey to becoming who you want to be Dean Atta, author of I Cant Even Think Straight
Honest, gripping, and alive, Necessary Fiction challenges us to find our own truths amid the masks we wear. Osundes writing shines Its not just beautiful its transformative Bassey Ikpi, author of Im Telling the Truth But Im Lying
