A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS

A SPECIAL EDITION OF THE 2015 BOOKER PRIZE WINNER WITH A BRAND-NEW FOREWORD AND A Q&A WITH THE AUTHOR * With a new foreword by Bernardine Evaristo *'Epic in every sense of the word' New York TimesJamaica 1976. Seven gunmen storm Bob Marley's house machine guns blazing.The reggae superstar survives but the gunmen are never caught. In A Brief History of Seven Killings Marlon James reimagines the story behind this near-mythical event chronicling the lives of a host of unforgettable characters from street kids drug lords and journalists to prostitutes and secret service agents. Gripping inventive and ambitious it is one of the most mesmerising and influential novels of the twenty-first century.'Showcases the extraordinary capabilities of a writer whose importance can scarcely be questioned' Independent