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| Award | Year | Status | Citation |
|---|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize | 2026 | Longlist | “A book that examines territory Caribbean literature has rarely dared to occupy, as what begins as a theatrical story becomes something closer to a reckoning. James is a singular literary talent.” |
About This Book
In Kingston in 1988, eight gay men meet to rehearse an openly queer play. A mob attack leaves one man dead and two missing. James's return to the Jamaica of A Brief History of Seven Killings follows the survivors as they confront hatred, shame, and the difference between when something ends and when it stops.
About the Author
Marlon JamesJamaican-American
Marlon James is a Jamaican-American novelist and one of the most celebrated contemporary writers in the English-speaking world. Born in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1970, he studied literature at the University of the West Indies and received an MFA from Wilkes University. His debut novel John Crow's Devil (2005) was rejected by dozens of publishers before finally being published and winning the Nilon Award for Excellence in Minority Fiction. Read more →
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