I'm a Fan

I'm a Fan tells the story of an unnamed narrator caught in a romantic relationship that seems unequal. She stalks a woman online who is sleeping with the same man, and her obsession with the couple grows. The book connects power struggles in personal relationships to struggles in the wider world. It offers a critique of social media, access and patriarchal systems, and it examines class, status and the hold people have on one another.

Why You Should Read?

• Follow an unnamed narrator as her fixation on a woman online spirals beyond her control.
• Explore how power struggles in close relationships mirror conflicts in the wider world.
• Understand the book's critique of social media, access and patriarchal systems in modern life.
• Experience a story that examines class, status and the hold people have on one another.

About the Author

Sheena Patel is a British author and a member of 4 BROWN GIRLS WHO WRITE. With that group, her earliest published writing, This Is What Love Is, appeared in a 2021 pamphlet collection named for the group. Rough Trade Books brought out her first novel, I'm a Fan, in 2022. It earned the Discover Book of the Year title at the British Book Awards in 2023, and The Observer named it Best Debut Novel of 2022. It also made the 2023 Women's Prize for Fiction longlist and was shortlisted for other honours.