From the acclaimed author of Vagabonds!: an audacious and eye-opening exploration of cross-generational queer life in Nigeria.<\/b><\/p>\n
What makes a family? How is it defined and by whom? Is freedom for everyone?<\/b><\/p>\n
In Necessary Fiction, Eloghosa Osunde poses these provocative questions and many more while exploring the paths and dreams, hopes and fears of more than two dozen characters who are staking out lives for themselves in contemporary Nigeria.<\/span><\/p>\n Across Lagos, one of Africa\u2019s largest urban areas and one of the world\u2019s most dynamic cities, Osunde\u2019s characters seek out love for self and their chosen partners, even as they risk ruining relationships with parents, spouses, family, and friends. As the novel unfolds, a rolling cast emerges: vibrantly active, stubbornly alive, brazenly flawed. These characters grapple with desire, fear, time, death, and God, forming and breaking unexpected connections; in the process unveiling how they know each other, have loved each other, and had their hearts broken in that pursuit.<\/span><\/p>\n As they work to establish themselves in the city\u2019s lively worlds of art, music, entertainment, and creative commerce, we meet their collective and individual attempts to reckon with the necessary fiction they carry for survival.<\/span><\/p>\n From the acclaimed author of Vagabonds!: an audacious and eye-opening exploration of cross-generational queer life in Nigeria. What makes a family? How is it defined and by whom? Is freedom for everyone? In Necessary Fiction, Eloghosa Osunde poses these provocative questions and many more while exploring the paths and dreams, hopes and fears of more…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":5156,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"inline_featured_image":false},"retailer":[],"product_brand":[],"product_cat":[504,347],"product_tag":[508,156,506],"class_list":{"0":"post-5152","1":"product","2":"type-product","3":"status-publish","4":"has-post-thumbnail","6":"product_cat-lgbtq","7":"product_cat-literary-fiction","8":"product_tag-eloghosa-osunde","9":"product_tag-lgbtq","10":"product_tag-queer","11":"thb-post-share-style1","13":"first","14":"instock","15":"taxable","16":"shipping-taxable","17":"purchasable","18":"product-type-variable"},"acf":[],"yoast_head":"\n
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