I'm a Fan by Sheena Patel

LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMEN'S PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023 LONGLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2023 LONGLISTED FOR THE REPUBLIC OF CONSCIOUSNESS PRIZE 2023 AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL OF 2022
 
I'M A FAN tells the story of an unnamed narrator's involvement in a seemingly unequal romantic relationship. With a clear and unforgiving eye, Sheena Patel makes startling connections between power struggles at the heart of human relationships to those in the wider world, offering a devastating critique of social media, access and patriarchal systems.
 
In I'm A Fan single speaker uses the story of their experience in a seemingly unequal, unfaithful relationship as a prism through which to examine the complicated hold we each have on one another. With a clear and unforgiving eye, the narrator unpicks the behaviour of all involved, herself included, and makes startling connections between the power struggles at the heart of human relationships and those of the wider world, in turn offering a devastating critique of access, social media, patriarchal heteronormative relationships, and our cultural obsession with status and how that status is conveyed.

In this incredible debut, Sheena Patel announces herself as a vital new voice in literature, capable of rendering a range of emotions and visceral experiences on the page. Sex, violence, politics, tenderness, humour—Patel handles them all with both originality and dexterity of voice.
 
Number of pages:
136
Weight:
404g
Height:
130mm
Width:
170mm
Spine width:
23mm