Jamaican author makes Man Booker long list with Bob Marley novel
LONDON
The long list of 13 titles for the 2015 Man Booker Prize for fiction written in English, published on Wednesday, features the first Jamaican author in contention for the 50,000-pound ($78,000) prize.
Marlon James is nominated for his third novel, "A Brief History of Seven Killings," the story of the attempted assassination of reggae singer Bob Marley and its aftermath in the Jamaica of the 1970s and early 80s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNx5FXpAoNU
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0Q31C620150729
LONDON
The long list of 13 titles for the 2015 Man Booker Prize for fiction written in English, published on Wednesday, features the first Jamaican author in contention for the 50,000-pound ($78,000) prize.
Marlon James is nominated for his third novel, "A Brief History of Seven Killings," the story of the attempted assassination of reggae singer Bob Marley and its aftermath in the Jamaica of the 1970s and early 80s.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZNx5FXpAoNU
http://www.reuters.com/article/2015/...0Q31C620150729
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