In I'm A Fan a 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.
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WINNER OF THE BRITISH BOOK AWARDS BOOK OF THE YEAR (DISCOVER) 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE JHALAK PRIZE 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE REPUBLIC OF CONSCIOUSNESS PRIZE 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE NOTA BENE PRIZE 2023
SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKS ARE MY BAG READERS AWARDS BREAKTHROUGH AUTHOR 2023
L.A. TIMES BOOK PRIZE FINALIST IN THE ART SEIDENBAUM AWARD FOR FIRST FICTION CATEGORY 2023
LONGLISTED FOR THE WOMENS PRIZE FOR FICTION 2023
LONGLISTED FOR THE AUTHORS' CLUB BEST FIRST NOVEL AWARD 2023
FOYLES FICTION BOOK OF THE YEAR 2022
AN OBSERVER BEST DEBUT NOVEL OF 2022
“A twisted romance blazing with angry verve.”—The Observer Top 10 Debut Novelists of 2022
“Pure fire from start to finish. Sheena Patel is the future.”—Niven Govinden
“Characteristically mesmerising, powerful, and finely observed.”—Olivia Sudjic
“I read this debut book basically in one sitting over the summer… The narrative voice is hypnotic, hilarious, and unexpected in all the best ways. You can’t stop reading it.”—Ottessa Moshfegh
“A fierce, hypnotic and frequently hilarious offering from a brilliant new voice.”—Irenosen Okojie
“I recently just tore through I’m a Fan by Sheena Patel. It’s a blistering and dizzying journey into obsession, social media, race and class, following a protagonist in the grip of a toxic romantic affair. The mercilessly sharp observations about power dynamics and how they play out in our interpersonal connections particularly winded me (in a good way).”—Sophie Mackintosh
“The novel I’ve been waiting for my whole life. Brutal, sharp as broken glass, funny, delusional, sexy, troubling. Like Camus went rogue on Instagram.”—Sophie Heawood
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