Author

Marlon James

Marlon James is the Jamaican novelist behind A Brief History of Seven Killings (Booker Prize 2015), the Dark Star trilogy (Black Leopard, Red Wolf and Moon Witch, Spider King), and John Crow's Devil. Macalester College professor.

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Avg rating

5.0

First published

2014

Reviewed

Our reviews of Marlon James's work

A Brief History of Seven Killings

by Marlon James

A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James 2014 review. The 1976 attempt on Bob Marley's life and its aftermath across Jamaica, Miami, and New York. Booker Prize 2015 and the most structurally ambitious novel from the Caribbean in a generation.