A Brief History of Seven Killings

Marlon James

W. F. Howes Limited, Jan 10, 2015 - Fiction

On 3 December 1976, just weeks before Bob Marley was to play the Smile Jamaica Concert to ease political tensions, seven gunmen from West Kingston stormed his house. Marley survived and went on to perform at the free concert. Not a lot was recorded about the fate of the seven gunmen, but much has been said, whispered and sung about in the streets of West Kingston.

About the author

Marlon James was born in Kingston, Jamaica in 1970. He studied literature at the University of the West Indies. He worked in advertising for more than a decade, as a copywriter, art director and graphic designer. He took a writing workshop in Kingston, Jamaica, and later enrolled in a writing program at Wilkes University in Pennsylvania. His first novel, John Crow's Devil, was published in 2005. His other novels include The Book of Night Women and A Brief History of Seven Killings, which won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2015. He teaches at Macalester College in St. Paul, Minnesota.

Bibliographic information

• Title: A Brief History of Seven Killings
• Author: Marlon James
• Edition: unabridged
• Publisher: W. F. Howes Limited, 2015
• ISBN: 1510010521, 9781510010529
• Subjects: Fiction / Crime; Fiction / Historical / General; Fiction / Performing Arts / Music