Marlon James is coming to Literati tomorrow (November 2nd). He was originally supposed to come on October 12th, but due to his nomination for the Man Booker Prize (awarded on October 13th) he was unable to make it. But now, after winning that award, he will be here. Yes, that’s right, little Literati will be hosting a Man Booker Prize winner just two short weeks after his award.
He will be reading from his latest novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings, which, at 704 pages, is a brick of a novel. The story spirals out from a failed assassination attempt on Bob Marley, until it encompasses an entire world of seedy criminal enterprises and covers twenty years of Jamaican history.
The reading will take place at 7 PM, but considering Literati’s cramped space and the possibility of a large crowd, I’d recommend getting there as early as you can.
For more information: http://www.literatibookstore.com/event/fiction-literati-marlon-james
