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The Disappearers: A Novel
By Marlon James
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By Marlon James
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The author of the Booker Prize–winning A Brief History of Seven Killings returns with a deeply human story exploring queer life in Jamaica during the 1980s and 1990s.
AN INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 BOOKER PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION
"This masterpiece is the novel of the decade, if not the century... The Disappearers places [James] near the front of the line, a decade or two from now, for the Nobel Prize." -The New York Times
"Harrowing, hilarious, magnificent ...this novel will be read decades from now, pored over in seminars and bookmarked on subway commutes ... [James'] defiant queer epic belo...
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 BOOKER PRIZE
LONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD FOR FICTION
"This masterpiece is the novel of the decade, if not the century... The Disappearers places [James] near the front of the line, a decade or two from now, for the Nobel Prize." -The New York Times
"Harrowing, hilarious, magnificent ...this novel will be read decades from now, pored over in seminars and bookmarked on subway commutes ... [James'] defiant queer epic belo...
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