Who wrote A Brief History of Seven Killings?

Marlon James wrote A Brief History of Seven Killings, first published in 2014. It is a work of literary fiction and is rated 'Essential Read' in our catalogue.

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A Brief History of Seven Killings

Name: A Brief History of Seven Killings
Author: Marlon James

by Marlon James · 2014

Literary Fiction · ranked #158 in category

Winner · The Booker Prize, 2015

The attempted assassination of Bob Marley in 1976 Jamaica radiates outward through decades and continents, told through more than seventy voices — gang members, CIA operatives, journalists, ghosts. James's Booker Prize-winning novel is enormous in ambition and in length, capturing the chaos and violence of a specific political moment through an extraordinary polyphony.

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