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Marlon James

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Marlon James

Marlon James is a Jamaican-born writer. He has published three novels: John Crow's Devil (2005), The Book of Night Women (2009) and A Brief History of Seven Killings (2014), winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize. Now living in Minneapolis, James teaches literature at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.James was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to parents who were both in the Jamaican police: his mother (who gave him his first prose book, a collection of stories by O. Henry) became a detective and his father (from whom James took a love of Shakespeare and Coleridge) a lawyer. James is a 1991 graduate of the University of the West Indies, where he read Language and Literature. He received a master's degree in creative writing from Wilkes University (2006).James has taught English and creative writing at Macalester College since 2007. His first novel, John Crow's Devil — which was rejected 70 times before being accepted for publication — tells the story of a biblical struggle in a remote Jamaican village in 1957. His second novel, The Book of Night Women, is about a slave woman's revolt in a Jamaican plantation in the early 19th century. His most recent novel, 2014's A Brief History of Seven Killings, explores several decades of Jamaican history and political instability through the perspectives of many narrators. It won the fiction category of the 2015 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature and the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, having been the first book by a Jamaican author ever to be shortlisted. He is the second Caribbean winner of the prize, following Trinidad-born V. S. Naipaul who won in 1971.(from Wikipedia)


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Marlon James is a Jamaican-born writer. He has published three novels: John Crow's Devil (2005), The Book of Night Women (2009) and A Brief History of Seven Killings (2014), winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize. Now living in Minneapolis, James teaches literature at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.James was born in Kingston, Jamaica, to parents who were both in the Jamaican police: his mother (who gave him his first prose book, a collection of stories by O. Henry) became a detective and his father (from whom James took a love of Shakespeare and Coleridge) a lawyer. James is a 1991 graduate of the University of the West Indies, where he read Language and Literature. He received a master's degree in creative writing from Wilkes University (2006).James has taught English and creative writing at Macalester College since 2007. His first novel, John Crow's Devil — which was rejected 70 times before being accepted for publication — tells the story of a biblical struggle in a remote Jamaican village in 1957. His second novel, The Book of Night Women, is about a slave woman's revolt in a Jamaican plantation in the early 19th century. His most recent novel, 2014's A Brief History of Seven Killings, explores several decades of Jamaican history and political instability through the perspectives of many narrators. It won the fiction category of the 2015 OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature and the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction, having been the first book by a Jamaican author ever to be shortlisted. He is the second Caribbean winner of the prize, following Trinidad-born V. S. Naipaul who won in 1971.(from Wikipedia)


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A Brief History of Seven Killings

Marlon James

WINNER MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015 On 3 December 1976, just weeks before the...

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A Brief History of Seven Killings

Marlon James

Shortlisted for the 2015 Man Booker Prize A recipient of the 2015 American...

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The Book of Night Women

Marlon James

From a young writer who radiates charisma and talent comes a sweeping,...

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John Crow's Devil

Marlon James

“Pile them up, a Marlon James character says repeatedly, and Marlon does...

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Kingston Noir (Akashic Noir)

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Kingston is a place of fascinating beauty and startling poverty. Located on...

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Up, Up, and Away: Advice and Adventures from the Future Authors and Astronauts of Farnsworth Aerospace

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Up, Up, and Away is a collection of writing by fifth-grade students from...

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Making the Trees Shiver: An Anthology of the First Six Years of the Fort Greene Park Summer Literary Festival

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Marlon James Collection 3 Books (A Brief History of Seven Killings: WINNER of the Man Booker Prize 2015, The Book of Night Women, John Crow's Devil) Boundle

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Marlon James Collection 3 Books (A Brief History of Seven Killings: WINNER...


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