Marlon James is the author of the Booker Prize-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings; the National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf; the New York Times-bestselling Moon Witch, Spider King; The Book of Night Women; and John Crow's Devil. In addition to the Booker Prize, his novels have won the American Book Award, the Los Angeles Times' Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Born in Jamaica, James lives in New York City.
This seething, hot, violent, action-packed novel is enormous in every sense. The ambition is huge, but [James] pulls it off with huge style, confidence, imagination and wit . . . Extraordinary * The Times, 'Praise for A Brief History of Seven Killings' * The way James uses language is amazing . . . Vigorous, intricate and captivating, [it] is hard to put down * Ebony, 'Praise for A Brief History of Seven Killings' * Extraordinary . . . James’s writing can be at once punchy and lyrical; can alternate strange, dreamy poetry with visceral action; and can bring persuasive life to a kaleidoscopic range of characters * Independent, 'Praise for A Brief History of Seven Killings' * A vivid plunge into a crazed, violent and corrupt world . . . executed with swaggering aplomb. The most original novel I’ve read in years -- Irvine Welsh, 'Praise for A Brief History of Seven Killings' Epic in every sense of that word’ * New York Times, 'Praise for A Brief History of Seven Killings' *