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A Brief History of Seven Killings
by Marlon James
A novel about Jamaica from the Cold War to the Drug Wars, centered around the assassination attempt on Bob Marley.
ANY LANDING YOU WALK AWAY FROM IS A GOOD LANDING.
This was a great book but a hard read: history I didn't know, a lot of missing context, multiple POV characters whose voices are in a stream-of-consciousness style, tons of slang, a lot of name-switching, and 700 pages. But the characters are great, the history fascinating, the style of telling adds and gives depth to the conflict, and I left the book with a different view of the world than when I started.
Think of this book as an epic saga that spans decades and characters, rather than as a narrative about Bob Marley per se; he doesn't show up all that much, more talked about than seen.
I recommend this book if you've taken on Naked Lunch and liked it. It's not quite as surreal, but this book will not do you wrong.
ANY LANDING YOU WALK AWAY FROM IS A GOOD LANDING.
This was a great book but a hard read: history I didn't know, a lot of missing context, multiple POV characters whose voices are in a stream-of-consciousness style, tons of slang, a lot of name-switching, and 700 pages. But the characters are great, the history fascinating, the style of telling adds and gives depth to the conflict, and I left the book with a different view of the world than when I started.
Think of this book as an epic saga that spans decades and characters, rather than as a narrative about Bob Marley per se; he doesn't show up all that much, more talked about than seen.
I recommend this book if you've taken on Naked Lunch and liked it. It's not quite as surreal, but this book will not do you wrong.