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“Well, there has already been a huge amount of critical acclaim heaped upon Marlon James’s brand new novel, The Disappearers. James, who became the first Jamaican to win the Booker Prize in 2015 with A Brief History of Seven Killings, has described his new book—set in the 20th-century Jamaican gay community—as his most personal work yet: ‘not autofiction,’ but ‘the first novel where I’m drawing so much from my life.’ It has already been longlisted for the Booker and I suspect we will hear a lot more about The Disappearers during the upcoming awards season.” Read more...
Cal Flyn, Five Books Editor
