Marlon James
Marlon James is a Jamaican novelist who won the Man Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven Killings. His Black Leopard, Red Wolf is the first volume of an epic dark fantasy trilogy drawing on African mythology and history. The novel has been praised for its imaginative scope and stylistic daring.
Works
- A Brief History of Seven KillingsJamaican novel spanning decades after failed assassination of reggae icon Bob Marley
- John Crow's DevilHaitian characters confront religion, violence, and colonialism in post-earthquake community
- The Book of Night WomenEnslaved women survive plantation brutality through resilience and dark humor
- Black Leopard, Red WolfDarkly fantastical African epic follows a hunter and tracker through magical lands
- Moon Witch, Spider KingWitch and spider king navigate power, revenge, and supernatural forces in African fantasy
- The Boy from WillesdenComing-of-age comedy of a boy navigating identity and belonging in West London