‘Intimate, vivid and humanising; Matthias gives a new and vital voice’—JONATHAN GLAZER (Oscar-winning director of Zone of Interest)
‘Great insight, wit and generosity’—ELIZABETH PRICE (Turner Prize-winning artist)
‘Matt’s writing is Mike Leigh-esque; he somehow wrings the inevitable prison doom into a comedic, dry and extremely readable tract’—CARL CATTERMOLE (Author of Prison - A Survival Guide)
‘Stark and sardonic, this is a book that lingers, challenging notions of morality, resilience, and what it means to survive and care’—LISA SELBY (BAFTA-nominated writer and director of Blue Bag Life)
Loose Fit, is a semi-fictionalised memoir by Matthias Connor, which details how the author lurches from a bohemian existence as a skateboarder and raver, to becoming a parent, a husband and a nurse in a Midlands prison.
Matthias dispenses methadone to people he once knew at school. He argues with prisoners over their Pregabalin dosage then bumps into them post-release as he pushes his pram around the local city centre.
At its core, Loose Fit is a story about someone’s idealism evaporating, but far from being dreary and depressing, Matthias’s writing is highly readable, full of wit and has an appreciation of the absurd.
The cover design is by Ben Drury, the groundbreaking designer responsible for much of Mo-wax and Palace Skateboards imagery.