Fruit Fly

Reviews / Votes

'Funny, sharp and dark ... I absolutely LOVED it. It's SO clever and the result is a multi-layered masterpiece.' Jennie Godfrey, #1 Sunday Times bestselling author of The List of Suspicious Things 'Fruit Fly is savage and darkly hilarious. A pointed satire of publishing with flawed, fascinating characters.' Juno Dawson 'This is an incredible book ... tough and raw and merciless but funny and kind at the same time.' Russell T. Davies, writer of It's a Sin 'Like the offspring of Trainspotting and Yellowface: a publishing industry satire that wraps up questions of appropriation and authenticity in a not-for-the-faint-hearted plot....With the pace and twists of a thriller, this is a clever and assured - if pitch black - first outing.' Daily Mail 'Absolutely unforgettable. A raw, visceral triumph that echoes modern classics like Trainspotting, Young Mungo and A Little Life, yet stands entirely on its own.' John Marrs 'Dark, haunting, gripping, psychologically messy, heartbreaking but also darkly funny. An absolute masterpiece.' Kate Weston 'Josh has a fantastic, distinctive voice. The writing is as fearless as the characters are fearful. Bold, raw, uncomfortable and very, very funny.' Jonathan Harvey 'Fruit Fly is sharp, propulsive, and deeply humane, a story about people in freefall written with such clarity, dark humour, and compassion that you can't stop turning the pages. It's a novel that subverts our usual narratives about trauma and illness, healing and redemption, a riotous, tender tale of people writing their own rulebooks. Josh Silver's adult debut is a must-read.' Seth Insua, author of Human, Animal 'A wild, scintillating ride.' Tobi Coventry, author of He's the Devil 'Fruit Fly is provocative, moving and does not so much carry but propels you along a wild journey that leaves you a little breathless by the end, desperate for more. Expertly crafted characters, stomach-punching prose and a stark exploration of real world issues.' Onyi Nwabineli 'A book that makes you hate, love, ache for and rage at the characters all at the same time. Josh expertly layers the darkest of themes with a humanity that cuts right through the chaos and pain of addiction and survival. Raw, real and utterly captivating. Fruit Fly is brilliant and searing.' Jacqui Rose 'While this is ultimately a novel of tension, it preserves a perfectly observed sense of place... Fruit Fly is complex clockwork of worlds within words. It's a novel in which underlying darkness will ultimately delight.' New Zealand Listener book of the day