In his new novel The Disappears, award-winning author Marlon James traces the lives of a group of gay men in 1980s Jamaica after they are attacked by a mob, leaving one of them dead and the rest with terrible physical and mental injuries. This heartbreaking story unveils the compromises society demands of oppressed people if they want to survive.
Marlon James writes beloved novels that brilliantly combine fantasy, speculative fiction, Caribbean culture, and literary fiction, creating challenging yet captivating examinations of our world, our history, and our relationships with race. In 2015, with his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings, James became the first Jamaican author to win the Man Booker Prize. James has also won an American Book Award, a Guggenheim Fellowship, and has been a finalist for the National Book Award and the National Book Critics Circle Award. Most recently, James published the first two books (Black Leopard, Red Wolf and Moon Witch, Spider King) in his Dark Star Trilogy, a fantasy series inspired by African legends that James describes as an “African Game of Thrones” (Entertainment Weekly). His work bridges the divide between literary and genre fiction, winning over readers around the globe in the process.
This year, James publishes his novel The Disappears, a heartbreaking story tracing the lives of a group of gay men in 1980s Jamaica after they are attacked by a mob, leaving one of them dead and the rest with terrible physical and mental injuries. As each man attempts to heal, they must also how they will continue their lives after facing such horrible violence. Some choose to ignore the event, while others look for retribution. In the process, James unveils the compromises society demands of oppressed people if they want to survive.
A limited number of tickets include a copy of The Disappearers