A Brief History of Seven Killings : Special 10th Anniversary Edition of the Booker Prizewinner - Marlon James

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�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 ** One of the New York Times' ' 100 Best Books of the 21st Century' *Jamaica, 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�� Show more