A Brief History of Seven Killings
by Marlon James
Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| International Dublin Literary Award | 2016 | Shortlist |
| Booker Prize | 2015 | Winner |
About This Book
An epic novel spanning decades, centring on the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in Jamaica in 1976. Told through the voices of over seventy characters—including CIA operatives, drug lords, gang members, journalists, and ghosts—it is a sprawling, violent, and exhilarating portrait of Jamaican society from the 1970s through the 1990s.
About the Author
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 →
