FROM GRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELIST AND WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE 'Glaringly
fresh and true' COURTTIA NEWLAND 'Full of originality and raw pure gutsy talent' CHRISTIE
WATSON 'Masterful' TROY ONYANGO Loneliness means you don't have to disappoint anyone until
you develop the habit of talking to yourself At nineteen Marcus is young and in love . . .
again. When his latest crush Adwoa starts showing him true affection Marcus is ready to
reconsider his lifestyle - the drugs the casual encounters. At least for a little while. Now
before he knows it Marcus is twenty-five. And history risks repeating itself. Told through
two parallel narratives - one past one present - Borderline Fiction is a highly original and
deeply affecting contemporary tale written with an intensity of emotion and vulnerability. The
novel is a close-up sometimes uncomfortable sometimes funny examination of what it means to
be a young black man navigating today's world. Tortured beautiful anxious and poetic
Borderline Fiction is a memorable glimpse into the inner world of a young man searching for an
authentic way to love and be loved.
