A Brief History of Seven Killings - Marlon James
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a brief history of seven. Killings by mile on James, Jamaica, 1976. Seven Gunmen stormed Bob Marley's house machine guns blazing. The reggae superstar survives, but the gunman and 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 the host ofthe unforgettable characters. Slum kits, one night stands, drug lords, girlfriends, gunman, journalists, even the CIA. Gripping and inventive, ambitious and mesmerising. A brief history of seven killings is one of the most remarkable and extraordinary novels off the 21st century. Now I bought this because I like the cover. I was just in the local bookshop on DH. It jumps out. It's got a great image on the front, Sir. Vinyl record with a yellow label on Bennett's Got This stamp literary sensation of the year, winner of The Man Booker Prize 2015 and I thought, I'm gonna like that. That looks great looks right up my street, but here we are 2018. Enough not ready of not picked it up and I wish I had. I mean, I think I'd enjoy it. It says on the front. Extraordinary. The times magnificent. The Financial Times dazzling the Guardian. I don't know, because I haven't bothered to pick it up yet. Josh Beach. I feel stupid. I feel ramshackle, idiotic, lazy. I'd like to read it, I really would. But maybe I'll just wait for it to come out on audiobook if only there was a way to make that happen.