Josh Silver discusses his debut novel Fruit Fly, a propulsive, darkly funny, and unflinching portrait of queer life in contemporary London.

Set between two very different worlds, the novel follows Mallory, a successful author stalled by domesticity and creative paralysis, and Leo, a young queer man navigating addiction, survival, and the blurred edges of intimacy. Praised by Russell T Davies as “incredible,” Fruit Fly brings rare emotional complexity to subjects often reduced to headlines — including chemsex, addiction, and the commodification of trauma.