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MARLON JAMES'S TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS'Darkness is a mood in Jamaica . . .'The Disappearers is Marlon James's triumphant return to the Jamaica of A Brief History of Seven Killings - a place of heat and chaos, and of danger for anyone outside the heteronormal.So when eight gay men meet for the first time, in Kingston in 1988, answering the casting call for an openly queer play, they are already taking a big risk. But that is nothing compared to what rains down on them when a mob descends on one of their rehearsals.By the end of this night, one man is dead, all are injured, and two subsequently disappear. As the survivors heal, each man finds he must confront the bigotry and homophobia that the attack laid bare. Some try to forget; some embrace their rage; and some simply vanish - but all are forever scarred.As one of the victims puts it, 'there's a difference between when something ends and when something stops'. And this story won't stop until both the disappearers and the perpetrators have been tracked, along trails both hot and cold, and an ending reached.Epic and intimate, violent and forgiving, The Disappearers is a tour de force which only Marlon James could have written - both an unflinching portrait of the hatred and shame faced by gay men in a society which refuses to accept them, and a deeply human story of acceptance and insight.

Brought to you by Penguin.The second novel in Marlon James''s revolutionary DARK STAR TRILOGY is hereIn this mighty follow-up to his Number 1 bestseller Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Man Booker-winner Marlon James once again draws on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history to imagine a mythic world, a lost child, a 177-year-old witch, a deadly regal chancellor, and a mystery with many answers...Part adventure tale, part chronicle of an indomitable woman - the witch Sogolon - who bows to no man, this is an unforgettable exploration of power, personality, and the places where they overlap, set in a world at once ancient and startlingly modern.In the words of Neil Gaiman, James has created ''a fantasy world as well realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter''s''.© Marlon James 2022 (P) Penguin Audio 2022

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER''Black Leopard, Red Wolf is the kind of novel I never realized I was missing until I read it. A dangerous, hallucinatory, ancient Africa, which becomes a fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made, with language as powerful as Angela Carter''s. I cannot wait for the next installment'' Neil GaimanIn this stunning follow-up to his Man Booker-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings, Marlon James draws on a rich tradition of African mythology, fantasy and history to imagine an ancient world, a lost child, an extraordinary hunter, and a mystery with many answers...''The child is dead. There is nothing left to know.''Tracker is a hunter, known throughout the thirteen kingdoms as one who has a nose - and he always works alone. But he breaks his own rule when, hired to find a lost child, he finds himself part of a group of hunters all searching for the same boy. Each of these companions is stranger and more dangerous than the last, from a giant to a witch to a shape-shifting Leopard, and each has secrets of their own.As the mismatched gang follow the boy''s scent from perfumed citadels to infested rivers to the enchanted darklands and beyond, set upon at every turn by creatures intent on destroying them, Tracker starts to wonder: who really is this mysterious boy? Why do so many people want to stop him being found? And, most important of all, who is telling the truth and who is lying?Marlon James weaves a tapestry of breathtaking adventure through a world at once ancient and startlingly modern. And, against this exhilarating backdrop of magic and violence, he explores the fundamentals of truth, the limits of power, the excesses of ambition, and our need to understand them all.Black Leopard, Red Wolf is the first novel in Marlon James''s Dark Star Trilogy.''A game-changing modern fantasy classic'' Financial Times''Complex, lyrical, moving and furiously gripping... This new book will propel James into a new galaxy of literary stardom'' Observer''To call this novel original doesn''t do [it] justice... James has thrown African cultures, mythologies, religions, histories, world-views and topographies into the mighty cauldron of his imagination to create a work of literary magic'' New Statesman

"Masterfully flips the first installment on its head... James makes the mythic tantalizingly real.'" -Esquire

"Even more brilliant than the first." -Buzzfeed

An Instant New York Times Bestseller and NPR Best Book of 2022 pick

From Marlon James, author of the bestselling National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf, the second book in the Dark Star trilogy.

In Black Leopard, Red Wolf, Sogolon the Moon Witch proved a worthy adversary to Tracker as they clashed across a mythical African landscape in search of a mysterious boy who disappeared. In Moon Witch, Spider King, Sogolon takes center stage and gives her own account of what happened to the boy, and how she plotted and fought, triumphed and failed as she looked for him. It's also the story of a century-long feud-seen through the eyes of a 177-year-old witch-that Sogolon had with the Aesi, chancellor to the king. It is said that Aesi works so closely with the king that together they are like the eight limbs of one spider. Aesi's power is considerable-and deadly. It takes brains and courage to challenge him, which Sogolon does for reasons of her own.

Both a brilliant narrative device-seeing the story told in Black Leopard, Red Wolf from the perspective of an adversary and a woman-as well as a fascinating battle between different versions of empire, Moon Witch, Spider King delves into Sogolon's world as she fights to tell her own story. Part adventure tale, part chronicle of an indomitable woman who bows to no man, it is a fascinating novel that explores power, personality, and the places where they overlap.

„Primul volum al unei trilogii, o recreare fantezistă a Africii, cu ecouri din Tolkien, George R.R. Martin și Black Panther, dar plină de originalitate... Marlon James este un criitor care trebuie citit". Salman Rushdie„Echivalentul literar al universului Marvel Comics, plin cu informații amețitoare, mituri străvechi și povești clasice din benzile desenate, totul infuzat întrun melanj nou, uimitor, plin de plăcerea limbajului și a fanteziei." Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times„Marlon James a creat o fantezie africană plină de viață. Tunetul pe carel auzi în străfundurile ei este mânia plină de gelozie a zeilor olimpieni..." The Washington Post„Mustind de folclor și mituri africane, Lup roșu... este plin de creaturi și regate nemaivăzute. Un roman revoluționar." Entertainment WeeklyUn vânător careși spune Copoiul, căci are cel mai ager nas dintre toți vânătorii, este tocmit să ia urma unui băiat dispărut de multă vreme. Fără să vrea, căci instinctul îl îndeamnă întotdeauna să lucreze singur, se alătură unui grup de salvare, o trupă de ciudați cu calități dintre cele mai stranii, printre care se numără și un omanimal cu puteri extraordinare, Leopardul. Pe măsură ce înaintează, împins de miros, pe urmele băiatului, de la un oraș vechi la altul, prin păduri nesfârșite, trecând râuri adânci ce ascund pericole nebănuite, Copoiul se trezește pradă unor întrebări: Cine e cu adevărat băiatul pierdut? De ce nimeni nui dă de urmă de atâta vreme? Cine, dintre cei din preajmă, spune adevărul și cine minte? Inspirat din istoria Africii, colorat de mituri și de fantezia creatorului său, Lup roșu, negru leopard deschide o saga stranie, un tur de forță literar și o incredibilă aventură.„O Africă străveche, periculoasă, halucinantă, care devine o lume fantastică, descrisă pe cât de realist ar fi făcuto Tolkien." Neil GaimanMarlon James sa născut în Jamaica, în 1970. Este autorul bestsellerului Lup roșu, negru leopard, finalist al National Book Award for Fiction în 2019. Romanul său A Brief History of Seven Killings a câștigat în 2015 Man Booker Prize și sa aflat printre finalistele la National Book Critics Circle Award. A mai scris romanul The Book of Night Women, care a câștigat în 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize și Minnesota Book Award și a fost finalist al National Book Critics Circle Award și NAACP Image Award. Primul său roman, John Crow’s Devil (2005), a fost finalist la Los Angeles Times Book Prize for first fiction și Commonwealth Writers’ Prize. James își împarte timpul între Minnesota și New York.