Iâm Fine

a true story of trust, betrayal and exploitation

By: Richard Hall

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Hardcover | 21 August 2025 | Edition Number 1

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320 Pages

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20.5 x 13.9 x 2.7

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A true story of trust, betrayal and exploitation ? 'Incredibly powerful' - Diriye Osman In 1996, at the age of fourteen, Richard Hall met a man who changed his life. Two and half decades later, he called the police. As a result, the man was jailed for twenty-two years.

This is the story of what came before the police: how a teenage boy who had been hounded at school because he was gay walked into a world where he thought he would be safe, but which he was too inexperienced to navigate. In his naïvety, he thought what happened next was normal, or somehow his fault.

In a vivid, compellingly readable account, Hall recreates with unnerving frankness - and with surprising bursts of humour - the year in his childhood when the attention of older admirers went to his head, with lasting consequences for the rest of his life.

I'm Fine is not just the intensely moving story of one mixed-up boy's private hell. It also stands as a powerful warning about predators operating with the impunity conferred on them by 'community' status.

Industry Reviews

'An incredibly powerful memoir. The courage, fortitude and fire it takes to share a story of this magnitude is nothing short of miraculous' Diriye Osman, author of Fairytales for Lost Children 'An exceptional coming-of-age story that manages to be both a joyous love letter to a time in our lives when everything seems possible and a damning expose of those who seek to prey on us while we are learning who we are. I'm Fine is so charming and engaging and funny and sad and real that it's hard to believe this is Richard Hall's debut' Bethany Clift, author of Last One at the Party 'Many gay men reading Richard Hall's brave, compelling, troubling and at times traumatic coming-of-age memoir will experience shivers down their spines as they recognise aspects of themselves, their lives and their behaviours. I'm Fine should be read by all gay men for its adamantine honesty and for the unflinching and often uncomfortable light it shines on masculinity, gay identity, sexuality and power. This is an important book' Neil McKenna, author of Fanny & Stella 'Touching, honest, at times disturbing, but ultimately hopeful and heartening' John R. Gordon, author of Drapetomania

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