Books by Marlon James
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review 1: I can't speak highly enough about this book. It is stunning. It brings the horrors of late 18th/early 19th century Jamaican slavery vividly to life in a way that is true to historical reality (James is clearly familiar with Thistlewood's diaries). But he populates this setting...
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review 1: A not so easy to read but rewarding book about the music and crime in Jamaica during the time of Bob Marley and Peter Tosh - icons of reggae. The early stages of the book are in Jamaica and then toward the end moves to New York as the drug lords look for greener pastures. Much of...
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review 1: Excellent book. To say I 'enjoyed' it wouldn't be quite right. How can you enjoy a story all about the worst of humanity?It's an important story and one told well. The story is woven together beautifully with very well developed characters that you really get to know over the cou...