Necessary Fiction: A Novel
Author(s): Eloghosa Osunde Narrator(s): Uzoamaka Power, Anthony Oseyemi, Akin Omotoso, Jerry Iwu, A'rese Emokpae, Leo Anifowose, David Ijiti, Atta Otigba, Arit Okpo, Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong, Tumi Olufawo, Ifeyinwa Unachukwu, Eloghosa Osunde NAMED A BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR BY NPR“I want to take the fact that I’m here seriously, because it’s serious. That lesson is so much harder than I thought.” – from Necessary FictionIn Eloghosa Osunde’s powerful novel, Lagos, Nigeria is the dynamic backdrop to the ambitions and desires of a vast array of characters, each of whom refuse to be defined by others. There is Ziz, a hardcore hustler. Maro and his elusive father, Tega. May and her steady rotation of lovers. Nollywood power couple Ifechi and Tajudeen Adams. They and dozens more — of varying generations and sexualities — grapple with the stories they carry within themselves to survive. In Necessary Fiction, award-winning author Osunde has created a vividly queer world that is at once tumultuous and intense, intimate and tender, and above all deeply human.
Narrated by Uzoamaka Power, Anthony Oseyemi, Akin Omotoso, Jerry Iwu, A'rese Emokpae, Leo Anifowose, David Ijiti, Atta Otigba, Arit Okpo, Tayla Kovacevic-Ebong, Tumi Olufawo, Ifeyinwa Unachukwu, Eloghosa Osunde
Chapters
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Necessary Fiction: A Novel: Intro
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Dedication
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Part I: Family Album
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Good Boy
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View from on Top of the World
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Truth Circle
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Part II: Here
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That Year
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Pressure Dey Bust Pipe
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Matchless
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Last Life
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Family Tree
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Part III: She/Her They/Them
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Time Score
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Yemisi: The Beginning
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Woodside
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Snake Island
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A Brief History of Yemisi’s Years
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Village Square: The Blog
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Yemisi/Comment Section of Village Square: The Blog