{"title":"Marlon James","description":"Marlon James was born in Jamaica in 1970. He is the author of the New York Times-bestseller Black Leopard, Red Wolf, which was a finalist for the National Book Award for fiction in 2019. 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.","products":[{"product_id":"black-leopard-red-wolf-paperback","title":"Black Leopard, Red Wolf - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eOne of TIME's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eWinner of the \u003ci\u003eL.A. Times\u003c\/i\u003e Ray Bradbury Prize \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFinalist for the 2019 National Book Award\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe \u003ci\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/i\u003e Bestseller \u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eNamed a Best Book of 2019 by \u003ci\u003eThe Wall Street Journal, TIME, NPR, GQ, Vogue, \u003c\/i\u003eand \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\"A fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made.\" --Neil Gaiman\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003e\"Gripping, action-packed....The literary equivalent of a Marvel Comics universe.\" --Michiko Kakutani, \u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe epic novel from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Seven Killings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn the stunning first novel in Marlon James's Dark Star trilogy, myth, fantasy, and history come together to explore what happens when a mercenary is hired to find a missing child. \u003cbr\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: \"He has a nose,\" people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search for the boy. The band is a hodgepodge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as Leopard. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAs Tracker follows the boy's scent--from one ancient city to another; into dense forests and across deep rivers--he and the band are set upon by creatures intent on destroying them. As he struggles to survive, Tracker starts to wonder: Who, really, is this boy? Why has he been missing for so long? Why do so many people want to keep Tracker from finding him? And perhaps the most important questions of all: Who is telling the truth, and who is lying? \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eDrawing from African history and mythology and his own rich imagination, Marlon James has written 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, \u003ci\u003eBlack Leopard, Red Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e is both surprising and profound as it explores the fundamentals of truth, the limits of power, and our need to understand them both.","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50108112437471,"sku":"9780735220188","price":19.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0813\/8958\/4607\/files\/ZGNqcXlEWnhpSlV6amEwMW5SUjJ4dz09.webp?v=1781208002"}],"url":"https:\/\/blackandbarhe.com\/collections\/marlon-james.oembed","provider":"Black \u0026 Barhe Bookstore","version":"1.0","type":"link"}