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- Publisher
- Riverhead Books; Riverhead Books, a member of Penguin Group (USA)
- Length
- ≈ 688 pages
- Reading time
- 18–23 hours
- ISBN
- 159448600X
Reading time assumes 30–40 pages per hour; edition and reading pace affect this estimate. Edition source
What is this book about?
Marlon James’s third novel connects the attempt on Bob Marley’s life in Jamaica in 1976 with events unfolding in the following decades. Its scope extends to New York’s crack trade during the 1980s and back to Jamaica in the 1990s. Riverhead published the novel in 2014.
Award recognition
Fiction| Year | Book / recipient | Award | Result |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | Marlon James | National Book Critics Circle Award for Fiction | finalistSource |
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