Description
After rising to literary fame, Mallory faces a devastating creative drought and a career slipping toward irrelevance. When she encounters Leo, a young addict surviving on the margins, she sees the raw material for the comeback she desperately needs—and begins treating his life as the story that could restore her status. As her pursuit of “authenticity” grows increasingly exploitative, this darkly comic, suspenseful novel probes privilege, queer identity, artistic ambition, and the hunger of a publishing culture obsessed with realness. It asks how far a writer can go in the name of art—and what happens when the story starts pushing back.
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paperback
Magpie (UK)
Published Apr 23, 2026
458 pages
ISBN: 9781836431473
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Details
First Published
2026
Language
eng
Content Warnings
Content and trigger warnings for Fruit Fly by Josh Silver.