A London poet has accused the bestselling author Coco Mellors of basing one of her characters on him, saying the experience has been “harmful” and led to him having a “mini identity crisis”.
James Massiah, who created a lengthy Instagram post that points out the similarities between him and the character Charlie in Mellors’ Blue Sisters novel, told the Guardian he did so after more than half a dozen people had asked him if the character was inspired by him.
