Borderline Fiction
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- $14.99
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- $14.99
Publisher Description
Wounded from a troubled childhood and struggling to find his place in the world, Marcus is young and in love . . . again. And when his latest crush, Gifty, starts showing him true affection, he is ready to reconsider his lifestyle – the drugs, the casual encounters. At least for a little while.
Borderline Fiction is a 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.
APPLE BOOKS REVIEW
With his first two novels, That Reminds Me and Losing The Plot, Derek Owusu established himself as one of the most unique and exciting voices in British literature today. His third book, Borderline Fiction, is his most powerful yet, tackling themes of modern masculinity, identity and mental health in raw, emotionally charged prose. It immerses us in the inner world of Marcus, a young Black man battling to overcome the trauma of a difficult childhood, as he falls in love at two different points in his life—in the past, when he was 19, and in the present, at 25. In both periods, he struggles with erratic, self-destructive behaviour, including drug use and acts of emotional self-harm, as he tries to find a way to accept himself, to love and to be loved in return. It‘s not an easy read, despite its moments of humour, but its fearless authenticity makes it profoundly rewarding.
