A Brief History of Seven Killings: WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015 - Couverture souple

James, Marlon

Couverture souple

ISBN 10 : 1780746350 ISBN 13 : 9781780746357

Editeur : Oneworld Publications, 2015

Synopsis

The extraordinary modern classic about the attempted assassination of Bob Marley

A propos du livre

À propos de l?auteur

MARLON JAMES was born in Jamaica. He is the author of The Book of Night Women (Oneworld, 2009), which won the Dayton Literary PeacePrize and the Minnesota Book Award, and was a finalist for the NationalBook Critics Circle Award. His debut novel, John Crow’s Devil (Oneworld, 2015), was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize and shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and was a New York Times Editors’ Choice. His third novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings (Oneworld 2014), won the American Book Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Fiction Prize, was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, longlisted for the Man Booker Prize, and featured in over twenty best books of the year lists. His short fiction and non-fiction has appeared in Esquire and Granta. He teaches at Macalester College, Minnesota, USA.

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JAMAICA, 1976

Seven gunmen storm Bob Marley's house, machine guns blazing. The reggae superstar survives, but the gunmen are never caught.

From the acclaimed author of The Book of Night Women comes a dazzling display of masterful storytelling exploring this near-mythic event. Spanning three decades and crossing continents, A Brief History of Seven Killings chronicles the lives of a host of unforgettable characters - slum kids, one-night stands, drug lords, girlfriends, gunmen, journalists, and even the CIA. Gripping and inventive, ambitious and mesmerising, A Brief History of Seven Killings is one of the most remarkable and extraordinary novels of the twenty-first century.

Détails de l'édition

• Éditeur: Oneworld Publications
• Date d'édition: 2015
• Langue: anglais
• ISBN 10: 1780746350
• ISBN 13: 9781780746357
• Reliure: Broché
• Nombre de pages: 704
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• Personne responsable: non disponible