Marlon James, "Black Leopard, Red Wolf"

Marlon James, "Black Leopard, Red Wolf", at a Politics and Prose event at Sixth and I on 2/6/18.
Drawing from African history, mythology, and his own rich imagination, Marlon James’ new book, Black Leopard, Red Wolf, is a novel unlike anything that's come before it: a saga of breathtaking adventure that's also an ambitious, involving read. Defying categorization and full of unforgettable characters, it is both surprising and profound as it explores the fundamentals of truth, the limits of power, and our need to understand them both. Author of The New York Times’ bestseller A Brief History of Seven Killings and winner of the Man Booker Prize, James’ first installment in the Dark Star trilogy combines myth, fantasy, and events of the past to create an epic, awe-inspiring thriller.
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Marlon James was born in Jamaica in 1970. His novel A Brief History of Seven Killings won the 2015 Man Booker Prize. It was also a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award and won the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature for fiction, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for fiction, and the Minnesota Book Award. It was also a New York Times Notable Book. James is also the author of The Book of Night Women, which won the 2010 Dayton Literary Peace Prize and the Minnesota Book Award, and was a finalist for the 2010 National Book Critics Circle Award in fiction and an NAACP Image Award. His first novel, John Crow’s Devil, was a finalist for the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for first fiction and the Commonwealth Writers’ Prize, and was a New York Times Editors’ Choice. James divides his time between Minnesota and New York.
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Produced by Tom Warren

[@joniheisenberg6691]

Reading this now. Transports you to a fantastical world.

[@FellaGuy2]

Just picked up the book and so far it's great.

[@GlareBoxTV]

Michael B. Jordan's bought the film rights to this book (which will be distributed by Warner bros), so it looks like we'll get the 'African Game of Thrones' (as he jokingly called it).

[@CharlesWarrenOnline]

Thank you for this.

[@davidwright8432]

For me, that was dizziying. A fall into a world so different from mine (I've been an actual rocket scientist!) yet so rich and ramified; it's like going from a diet of over-boiled veggies and meat, to an extremely rich and utterly new set of flavors. i've long suspected there was such a place; now I've some hints what it looks like. And far less obvious, what it feels like. I'm sure there must be many more than three views into this world ... why stop there?