Award History
| Award | Year | Status |
|---|---|---|
| Anisfield-Wolf Book Award – Fiction | 2015 | Winner |
About This Book
A multi-voiced, polyphonic novel about the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in Kingston, Jamaica, in 1976, and its violent aftermath spanning decades. Narrated by dozens of characters including gunmen, CIA operatives, journalists, and ghosts, it is a magisterial reconstruction of Jamaican history, Cold War politics, and the drug trade's rise. Winner of the Man Booker Prize and the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction.
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 →
