I'm a Fan (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781644452455)

"A fast, fizzing cherry bomb of a debut" (The Observer [UK]) about power, intimacy, and the internet

I stalk a woman on the internet who is sleeping with the same man as I am.

Sheena Patel's incandescent first novel begins with the unnamed narrator describing her involvement in a seemingly unequal romantic relationship. With a clear and unforgiving eye, she dissects the behavior 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. I'm a Fan offers a devastating critique of class, social media, patriarchy's hold on us, and our cultural obsession with status and how that status is conveyed.

In this unforgettable debut, Patel announces herself as a dynamic, commanding new voice in literature, capable of rendering a rollercoaster of emotions and experiences viscerally on the page. Sex, brutality, politics, work, art, tenderness, humor--Patel tackles them all while making the reader complicit in the inescapable trap of fandom that seems to define the modern condition.

Author: Sheena Patel
ISBN-10: 1644452456
ISBN-13: 9781644452455
Publisher: Graywolf Press
Language: English
Published: 09/05/2023
Pages: 216
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.61lbs
Size: 8.23h x 5.61w x 0.56d

Review Citation(s):
Library Journal Prepub Alert 04/01/2023 pg. 4
Publishers Weekly 07/17/2023
Kirkus Reviews 08/01/2023
Booklist 09/01/2023 pg. 40
Foreword 08/27/2023
Library Journal 12/22/2023 pg. 1