A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James

Marlon James's third novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings, is set in Jamaica. Riverhead Books published it in 2014. The novel spans several decades, beginning with Bob Marley's attempted assassination in Jamaica in 1976 and continuing through the crack wars in New York City in the 1980s and a changed Jamaica in the 1990s.

On December 3rd, 1976, seven gunmen stormed Bob Marley's house with machine guns drawn. The gunmen were never apprehended, despite the fact that the reggae star survived. A Brief History of Seven Killings is James' fictional exploration of the event's bloody aftermath, as well as of Jamaica during one of its most volatile and violently defining periods. This ambitious and mesmerizing novel secures James' place among the great literary talents of his generation — and, more importantly, on this list of must-reads by Black authors, spanning decades, leaping continents, and crowded with unforgettable voices.

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