OnlyFans, the novel, is a mixed attempt to titillate the Gen Z market

THE publisher blurb accompanying Rufi Thorpe's latest novel (see also The Girls from Corona Del Mar, The Knockout Queen) shouts breathlessly that it is a story about OnlyFans, young single motherhood and pro-wrestling.

- Suzannah Ramsdale

It's a uniquely confusing combination which won't be for everyone. There are scenes, for example, which see our protagonist Margo Millet critiquing dick pics on OnlyFans for $20 a pop using Pokemon characters. "Congratulations! Your penis is a Tentacruel! With bulging pink glans and glittering dark blue veins, your penis is filled with quiet menace. When that mushroom tip glows red, you know he's about to attack." See? Not for everyone.

But what do I know? Clearly the clever folks over at A24 disagree. The cult production studio behind juggernaut series like Euphoria, Beef and The Curse, along with writer and producer David E Kelley (Big Little Lies, The Undoing, Anatomy of a Scandal) are adapting the novel for an Apple TV+ show starring Elle Fanning, Nicole Kidman and Michelle Pfeiffer. Fanning is also the voice of the audiobook.