On the 13 October 2015 Marlon James was announced as the winner of this prestigious prize for his novel “A Brief History of Seven Killings”. He is the first Jamaican writer to win the prize. Maybe that’s not so surprising when you realise that this is only the second year that all authors writing in English, regardless of nationality have been eligible to enter.
The book was inspired by the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the 1970s. Spanning the 1970’s-90’s it is a multi stranded epic of over 700 pages. Some of the themes include reggae music, Jamaican politics, gangs and drugs. This book pulls no punches.
"A Brief History of Seven Killings" is available for loan from Torfaen Libraries, so why not log on to the library catalogue using your library card number and PIN and reserve a copy. www.torfaen.gov.uk/libraries
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