Marlon James (geb. 1970): A Brief History of Seven Killings, Kartoniert / Broschiert

Kurzbeschreibung

On December 3, 1976, just before the Jamaican general election and two days before Bob Marley was to play the Smile Jamaica Concert, gunmen stormed his house, machine guns blazing. The attack nearly killed the Reggae superstar, his wife, and his manager, and injured several others. Marley would go on to perform at the free concert on December 5, but he left the country the next day, not to return for two years. Deftly spanning decades and continents and peopled with a wide range of characters - killers, gang members, politicians, FBI and CIA agents, journalists, conmen, and even Keith Richards' drug dealer A Brief History of Seven Killings is the fictional exploration of hat dangerous and unstable time and its bloody aftermath. Brilliantly inventive and stunningly ambitious, this breathtaking novel will secure Marlon James' place among the great literary talents of his generation.
A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James is named as the winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction.

Klappentext

A fictional exploration of the dangerous and unstable time of the 1976 Jamaican general election, when gunmen stormed the house of Bob Marley, machine guns blazing, nearly killing the Reggae superstar. Oneworld's lead fiction title and biggest prize contender, spanning decades and continents, and peopled with killers, gang members, politicians, FBI and CIA agents, journalists, conmen, and even Keith Richards' drug dealer.