Borderline Fiction

FROM GRANTA BEST OF YOUNG BRITISH NOVELIST AND WINNER OF THE DESMOND ELLIOT PRIZE
SHORTLISTED FOR THE DYLAN THOMAS PRIZE 2026

Loneliness means you don't have to disappoint anyone until you develop the habit of talking to yourself  

At nineteen, Marcus is young and in love . . . again. When his latest crush, Adwoa, starts showing him true affection, Marcus is ready to reconsider his lifestyle - the drugs, the casual encounters. At least for a little while.  

Now, before he knows it, Marcus is twenty-five. And history risks repeating itself.  

Told through two parallel narratives - one past, one present - Borderline Fiction is a highly original and deeply affecting contemporary tale of what it means to be a young black man navigating today's world.