- Publisher: Oneworld
- Year: 2015
- Format: Hardback
- Pages: 704pp
- Illustrated: No
- Dimensions: 240x157mm
- Condition: New
- Weight: 1kg
- ISBN: 9781780749761
- Product code: 509905
A Brief History of Seven Killings
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Jamaica, 1976: gunmen storm Bob Marley’s house, machine guns blazing. Spanning three decades, this Booker Prize-winning novel interweaves the voices of slum kids, drug lords, journalists and CIA agents in a tense, ambitious narrative that ranges from the Caribbean to Miami, New York and Stockholm. 2015 Booker Prize Winner.
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'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 agents.
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
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 agents.
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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