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A Brief History of Seven Killings: WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015
Marlon James
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Description for A Brief History of Seven Killings: WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015
paperback. Set against the backdrop of 1970s reggae culture, disco, sex and excess comes this remarkable re-imagining of the attempted assassination of Bob Marley Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 482. Paperback in very good condition.
A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE 2015 BOOKER PRIZE WINNER, WITH A BRAND-NEW FOREWORD AND A Q&A WITH THE AUTHOR
* With a new foreword by Bernardine Evaristo *
'Epic in every sense of the word' New York Times
Jamaica, 1976. Seven gunmen storm Bob Marley's house, machine guns blazing.
The reggae superstar survives, but the gunmen are never caught.
In A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James reimagines the story behind this near-mythical event, chronicling the lives of a host of unforgettable characters from street kids, drug lords and journalists, to prostitutes and secret service ... Read moreagents.
Gripping, inventive and ambitious, it is one of the most mesmerising and influential novels of the twenty-first century.
'Showcases the extraordinary capabilities of a writer whose importance can scarcely be questioned' Independent
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Product Details
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Condition
Used, Very Good
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
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About Marlon James
MARLON JAMES was born in Jamaica. He is the author of the Man Booker Prize-winning novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings (Oneworld 2014), which also won the American Book Award and the Anisfield-Wolf Fiction Prize, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, and featured in over twenty best books of the year lists. His debut novel, John Crow’s Devil (Oneworld, 2015), was a ... Read morefinalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and was a New York Times Editors’ Choice, and his second novel, The Book of Night Women (Oneworld, 2009), won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Minnesota Book Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. He teaches at Macalester College, Minnesota, USA. Show Less
Reviews for A Brief History of Seven Killings: WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015
'James has triumphed in capturing the tension, the politics, the heat, chaos, beauty and music of Jamaica.' Financial Times 'Vast and vastly ambitious... much to admire... fascinating... the author's imaginative and stylistic range are impressive.' The Sunday Times ‘Vast and teeming … A vivid novel that deserves all the praise it has received.’ Sunday Telegraph ‘Breaks new ground… A very fluid and superbly ... Read morecontrolled work.’ Spectator 'The ambition is huge, but [James] pulls it off with huge style, confidence, imagination and wit... Extraordinary.' The Times ‘The hottest name in Caribbean literature right now.’ GQ, 'Best Books of 2014' 'When reading reviews of Night Women, James apparently became bored with comparisons to Toni Morrison; and with A Brief History, he’s got bored with comparisons to Quentin Tarantino. But it is hard not to see the strength of that comparison.' Guardian 'Epic in every sense of that word: sweeping, mythic, over-the-top, colossal and dizzyingly complex... A testament to Mr. James’s vaulting ambition and prodigious talent.' New York Times 'James’ intoxicating prose is relentless, feverishly up-close inside his characters’ rattled nerves even as the narrative scope widens into an evocative portrait of the author’s native Kingston.' Entertainment Weekly, 'Ten Best Fiction Books of the Decade' ‘Not only persuasive, but tragic, though in its polyphony and scope it’s more than that... Comic, surreal, nightmarish, parodic.’ New York Times Book Review Show Less
