A Brief History of Seven Killings: WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015 - Rilegato

James, Marlon

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ISBN 10: 1780749767 ISBN 13: 9781780749761

Casa editrice: Oneworld Publications, 2015

Riassunto

*WINNER OF THE MAN BOOKER PRIZE 2015* JAMAICA, 1976 Seven gunmen storm Bob Marley's house, machine guns blazing. The reggae superstar survives, but the gunmen are never caught. From the acclaimed author of The Book of Night Women comes a dazzling display of masterful storytelling exploring this near-mythic event. 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, prostitutes, gunmen, and even the CIA. Gripping and inventive, ambitious and mesmerising, A Brief History of Seven Killings is one of the most remarkable and extraordinary novels of the twenty-first century.

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A really extraordinary book --Salman Rushdie

Dazzling --Guardian

L'autore

MARLON JAMES was born in Jamaica. He is the author of The Book of Night Women (Oneworld, 2009), which won the Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Minnesota Book Award, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. His debut novel, John Crow s Devil (Oneworld, 2015), was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize, shortlisted for the Commonwealth Writers Prize, and was a New York Times Editors Choice. A Brief History of Seven Killings (Oneworld 2014), his third novel, won the Man Booker Prize in 2015. He teaches at Macalester College, Minnesota.

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• Editore: Oneworld Publications
• Data di pubblicazione: 2015
• ISBN 10: 1780749767
• ISBN 13: 9781780749761
• Rilegatura: Copertina rigida
• Numero edizione: 3
• Numero di pagine: 704