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A Brief History of Seven Killings is the third novel by Jamaican author Marlon James. It was published in 2014 by Riverhead Books. The novel spans several decades and explores the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in Jamaica in 1976 and its aftermath, through the crack wars in New York City in the 1980s and a changed Jamaica in ...
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Breve historia de siete asesinatos es la tercera novela del autor jamaicano Marlon James. 1 Fue publicada en 2014 por Riverhead Books. 2 El libro abarca varias décadas y explora el intento de asesinato de Bob Marley en Jamaica en 1976 y sus consecuencias, a través de las guerras del crack en la ciudad de Nueva York en los años 1980 y en una ...
A Brief History of Seven Killings. Marlon James. 3.89. 34,915 ratings4,804 reviews. 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.
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Marlon James (born 24 November 1970 [1]) is a Jamaican writer. He is the author of five novels: John Crow's Devil (2005), The Book of Night Women (2009), A Brief History of Seven Killings (2014), which won him the 2015 Man Booker Prize, Black Leopard, Red Wolf (2019), and Moon Witch, Spider King (2022).
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14 de oct. de 2014 · Spanning three decades and crossing continents, A Brief History of Seven Killings chronicles the lives of a host of unforgettable characters – slum kids, drug lords, journalists,...
20 de oct. de 2020 · A Brief History of Seven Killings: unwieldy, occasionally tedious – and magnificent. A book about Bob Marley, told by everyone but Bob Marley – in the vein of Gay Talese or James...
2 de oct. de 2014 · A Brief History of Seven Killings. Written by Marlon James. In a dazzling display of masterful storytelling, Marlon James explores the extraordinary backstory to the attempted assassination of Bob Marley. Jamaica, 1976. Seven gunmen storm Bob Marley’s house, machine guns blazing. The reggae superstar survives, but the gunmen are never caught.
