In The End, It Was All About Love, In The End, It Was All About Love

The narrator arrives in Berlin, a place famed for its hedonism, to find peace and maybe love; only to discover that the problems which have long haunted him have arrived there too, and are more present than ever. As he approaches his fortieth birthday, nearing the age where his father was killed in a brutal revolution, he drifts through this endlessly addictive and sometimes mystical city, through its slow days and bottomless nights, wondering whether he will ever escape the damage left by his father's death. With the world as a whole more uncertain, as both the far-right and global temperatures rise at frightening speed, he finds himself fighting a fierce inner battle against his turbulent past, for a future free of his fear of failure, of persecution, and of intimacy. In The End, It Was All About Love is a journey of loss and self-acceptance that takes its nameless narrator all the way through bustling Berlin to his roots, a quiet village on the Uganda-Sudan border. It is a bracingly honest story of love, sexuality and spirituality, of racism, dating, and alienation; of fleeing the greatest possible pain, and of the hopeful road home. "Emotional, hopeful, heart-wrenching, real - Musa brings you into his world in such a vivid and authentic way. It is an absolute must read." - Ian Wright "Musa is the best kind of writer: one who communicates complex ideas, creates immersive universes, and breaks your heart with simple, beautiful sentences. A triumph of the soul." - Nikesh Shukla "Musa is precise and all-encompassing in the same line. His poetry is intimate and erudite, passionate and beautiful." - Kae Tempest "He writes from the heart, and that s what the best lyricists do. I m a fan." - Ed Sheeran "Musa Okwonga s stunningly beautiful In The End, It Was All About Love has left me profoundly moved. Poetic and powerful, the author effortlessly weaves a tale of love, loss, grief and self-acceptance that is so compelling, you will be left wishing for more of his gorgeous words. A masterful work of craft and narrative, here is a book that has forever changed me and I cannot wait to recommend it to everyone I know." - Nikita Gill ABOUT THE COVER Each book cover is a one-off; screen-printer extraordinaire Dan Mather has been asked to hand-screenprint the blended coloured ink across each sheet of paper, before cutting it and printing the text, meaning that every single publication is unique and individual, and each as beautiful as the next.