The release date for the English version of 'A Brief History of Seven Killings' by
Marlon James is Oct 2014. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
Two days before Bob Marley was scheduled to perform at the Smile Jamaica Concert on December 3, 1976, and just before the Jamaican general election, gunmen broke into his home with machine guns drawn. The assault wounded many people and almost killed the popular reggae artist, along with his manager and wife. After performing at the free event on December 5, Marley departed the nation the next day and did not come back for two years.
A Brief History of Seven Killings is a fictional exploration of that dangerous and unstable time and its bloody aftermath, from the streets and slums of Kingston in the 1970s to the crack wars in 1980s New York to a drastically changed Jamaica in the 1990s. It deftly spans decades and continents and is populated with a wide range of characters—assassins, journalists, drug dealers, and even ghosts. This work, a revealing contemporary epic that is both very ambitious and innovative, will solidify Marlon James' status as one of the greatest writers of his age.