Contact Clock Question Basket Search User Store Facebook Mail Instagram Twitter
O Mahonys Logo Minimal - go to homepage

Necessary Fiction

by Eloghosa Osunde

  

€ 21.25 

ISBN: 9780008708610

From the acclaimed author of Vagabonds!: an audacious and eye-opening exploration of cross-generational queer life in contemporary Nigeria.



'Necessary Fiction's Nigerians are inseparable from Nigeria itself: brazen, willful, sexy, dynamic, explosive' MARLON JAMES


'Necessary Fiction lives up to its title and beyond ... a vivid, stirring revolution' YRSA DALEY-WARD


'The ink practically hovers off the page' KAVEH AKBAR



What makes a family? How is it defined and by whom? Is freedom for everyone?



Across Lagos, Osunde's characters seek out love for self and their chosen partners, even as they risk ruining relationships with parents, spouses, family and friends. 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 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.


'A gorgeously deeply humane book, which is indeed, necessary' NICOLE DENNIS-BENN


'I'm in awe of Osunde's writing' CALEB AZUMAH NELSON


'Osunde's writing shines ... It's not just beautiful - it's transformative' BASSEY IKPI

320 pages.

Not Yet Published.

Printed on or after 31/07/25. Please note dispatch may take 5-10 days after publication date.
A separate order should be placed for this item. If you order this along with other items, your entire order will be held and despatched when complete.

Date of Publication: 31/07/2025

Cover of Necessary Fiction - Eloghosa Osunde - 9780008708610Hardback
Necessary Fiction also appears in these Categories:

Hardback Fiction

Cover of Drayton and Mackenzie Peek
Drayton and Mackenzie
Alexander Starritt
Hardback
€21.25
Cover of Wild Folk: Tales from the Stones
Wild Folk: Tales from the Stones
Jackie Morris
Hardback
€31.25
Cover of Incredible Hulk Vol. 4: City of Idols
Incredible Hulk Vol. 4: City of Idols
Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Paperback
€22.50
Cover of Who Will Remain
Who Will Remain
Kasim Ali
Hardback
€21.25
Cover of Groundwater
Groundwater
Thomas McMullan
Hardback
€23.75
Cover of The Place of Shells
The Place of Shells
Mai Ishizawa
Hardback
€21.25
Cover of Great Eastern Hotel
Great Eastern Hotel
Ruchir Joshi
Hardback
€23.75
Cover of One Minute Away
One Minute Away
Mark Watson
Hardback
€21.25
Cover of An Inside Job (Gabriel Allon, Book 25)
An Inside Job (Gabriel Allon, Book 25)
Daniel Silva
Hardback
€27.50
Cover of Grave of the Lawgiver: Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 36
Grave of the Lawgiver: Sister Fidelma Mysteries Book 36
Peter Tremayne
Hardback
€27.50
Cover of Greatest Possible Good
Greatest Possible Good
Ben Brooks
Hardback
€21.25
Cover of Our Secrets Were Safe: A Novel
Our Secrets Were Safe: A Novel
Virginia Trench
Hardback
€28.75
Cover of The Art of a Lie
The Art of a Lie
Laura Shepherd-Robinson
Hardback
€23.75
Cover of These Summer Storms
These Summer Storms
Sarah MacLean
Hardback
€27.50
Cover of Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor
Superman: The Last Days of Lex Luthor
Mark Waid
Hardback
€32.50
Cover of Batman and Robin Vol. 1: Memento
Batman and Robin Vol. 1: Memento
Phillip Kennedy Johnson
Paperback
€21.25
Cover of Poison Ivy Vol. 5: Human Botany
Poison Ivy Vol. 5: Human Botany
G. Willow Wilson
Paperback
€21.25
Cover of Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery Deluxe: (2025 Edition)
Flex Mentallo: Man of Muscle Mystery Deluxe: (2025 Edition)
Grant Morrison
Hardback
€32.50
Cover of Into the Fire
Into the Fire
M. J. Arlidge
Hardback
€21.25
Cover of Happily Ever After
Happily Ever After
Mary Horlock
Hardback
€21.25