{"product_id":"fruit-fly-josh-silver","title":"Fruit Fly","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eA BBC MUST-READ BOOK OF 2026 · Josh Silver's adult debut\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAnyone can write a bestseller. Here's how.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGo gay.\u003c\/strong\u003e Seven years ago Mallory was a literary sensation. Since then: writer's block, and a career sliding towards obscurity. She needs inspiration, and she needs it fast.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGo sad.\u003c\/strong\u003e Enter Leo — young, addicted, sleeping under bridges and trading sex to survive. Vulnerable, enigmatic, and exactly what Mallory has been looking for.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eGo dark.\u003c\/strong\u003e Authenticity sells, and nothing is more authentic than a real life. Mallory is sure she's the perfect person to tell Leo's story. But as secrets start to surface that could wreck far more than her career, she has to decide how far she is prepared to go for the perfect book.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA savage satire of publishing and of who gets to profit from whose pain, and also a surprisingly tender story about addiction, survival and two people writing their own rules. Russell T Davies calls it an incredible book; Juno Dawson calls it savage and darkly hilarious; the \u003cem\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/em\u003e compares it to \u003cem\u003eTrainspotting\u003c\/em\u003e crossed with \u003cem\u003eYellowface\u003c\/em\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eAbout the author\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eJosh Silver\u003c\/strong\u003e grew up on a farm in the Lake District before moving to Manchester. He trained as an actor at RADA and performed in the West End and on Broadway, then changed careers and now works with teenagers as a mental health nurse. After three novels for young adults, \u003cem\u003eFruit Fly\u003c\/em\u003e is his first for adults. He lives in Manchester.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch4\u003eEdition details\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003cul\u003e\n\u003cli\u003eMagpie (Oneworld) paperback, 416 pages\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003cli\u003ePublished April 2026\u003c\/li\u003e\n\u003c\/ul\u003e\u003cdiv style=\"background:#fef2f2;border-left:4px solid #dc2626;padding:12px;margin-top:18px;\"\u003e\u003cp style=\"margin:0;\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eContent note:\u003c\/strong\u003e Contains drug addiction, homelessness, survival sex work and themes of exploitation and trauma. Intended for adult readers.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Magpie (Oneworld)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52563035881688,"sku":"9781836432395","price":639.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0818\/1471\/6632\/files\/9781836432395.jpg?v=1790416538","url":"https:\/\/www.readersparadise.co\/products\/fruit-fly-josh-silver","provider":"Readers Paradise","version":"1.0","type":"link"}