Robert Barry
, March 6th, 2021 09:39
Musa Okwonga talks about his new novel, In The End It Was All About Love, out now from Rough Trade Books. The interview is followed by an extract from the book
Musa Okwonga is showing me his old smart phone. “Here it is!” he says, grinning, having dived behind the webcam to retrieve it. It’s kind of an odd moment in the chat, because, in a way, it’s just an ordinary black iPhone, not much different from the one in my pocket or a million others in a million other pockets. But at the same time, it’s not just any old phone. This particular black iPhone played an important role in the writing of one of my favourite books of the year so far. This phone has been on a journey.