Necessary Fiction by Osunde, Eloghosa
Necessary Fiction by Osunde, Eloghosa

Necessary Fiction

From the acclaimed author of Vagabonds! an audacious and eye-opening exploration of cross-generational queer life in Nigeria....
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Author: Eloghosa Osunde
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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Necessary Fiction by Osunde, Eloghosa

Necessary Fiction

$91.99 $48.00
Necessary Fiction by Osunde, Eloghosa

Necessary Fiction

$91.99 $48.00
Author: Eloghosa Osunde
Format: Hardcover
Language: English
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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 than two dozen characters who are staking out lives for themselves in contemporary Nigeria.

Across Lagos, one of Africa's largest urban areas and one of the world's most dynamic cities, Osunde's 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.

As they work to establish themselves in the city's 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.

Author: Eloghosa Osunde
Publisher: Riverhead Books
Published: 07/22/2025
Pages: 320
Binding Type: Hardcover
Weight: 1.01lbs
Size: 9.19h x 6.31w x 1.14d
ISBN: 9780593851203


Review Citation(s):
Library Journal 03/01/2025 pg. 2
Publishers Weekly 05/12/2025
Booklist 06/01/2025 pg. 29
Kirkus Reviews 06/15/2025

About the Author
Eloghosa Osunde is an award-winning writer and multidisciplinary artist. Winner of the Museum of the African Diaspora's African Literary Award, the Plimpton Prize for Fiction, and an American Society of Magazine Editors Award for Fiction, they are the author of the critically acclaimed novel Vagabonds!, which was a New York Times Editors Choice and a New Yorker Best Book of the Year. Their writing has been published in The Paris Review, Granta, The Best American Short Stories, The Georgia Review, Guernica, and elsewhere. They move between Nigeria, Nairobi, New York City, and wherever else their work calls. They can be found online at eloghosaosunde.com
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