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Heated Rivalry meets Yellowface in Josh Silver's debut novel, Fruit Fly
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- Josh Silver, a former actor and mental health nurse, is the author or three YA titles and his first novel for adult readers, Fruit Fly.
- One is the Zeitgeisty TV show Heated Rivalry and the other is the bestselling novel Yellowface.
- When I ask him if it is derivative or reductive to compare his latest work to these stories, he grins warmly.
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Josh Silver, a former actor and mental health nurse, is the author or three YA titles and his first novel for adult readers, Fruit Fly. (Supplied: Bloomsbury/Fake Trash)
Link copied Share Share article After signing dozens of books and happily posing for selfies with excited fans from his sold-out Sydney Writers' Festival discussion about one of the year's buzziest books, there are two things about which I'm gagging to ask man-of-the-moment Josh Silver before he's whisked off by publicists to continue his packed tour.
One is the Zeitgeisty TV show Heated Rivalry and the other is the bestselling novel Yellowface.
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