IT DOESN'T HAVE TO BE THIS WAY

261pp., paperback, Cape Town, 2022

Dystopian novel set in Cape Town. Three queer friends move through a world unravelling due to climate collapse.

Alistair Mackay holds an MFA in Creative Writing from Columbia University and an MA in Politics from Edinburgh University. He lives in Cape Town.  It Doesn’t Have to Be This Way is his debut novel.