A review by alisonjfields
The Book of Night Women by Marlon James

5.0

Remarkable book. Holy shit. Violent in its imagery and lyrical in its violence, there's a lot going on in these pages. It's one of the more devastating fictional accounts of slavery I've ever read, almost more so because every character in this book, white, black , man or woman, is drawn with multiple dimension which makes their acts of cruelty and betrayal almost more devastating. This should be required reading.