On December 3, 1976, days before Jamaicas general election and Bob Marley’s Smile Jamaica concert, gunmen opened fire on the reggae icons home, nearly killing him, his wife, and his manager. Marley survivedand performedbut fled the country the next day.

Spanning decades and continents, A Brief History of Seven Killings is a gripping, fictional journey through the violent aftermath of that attack. From the turbulent streets of 1970s Kingston to the crack-fueled chaos of 1980s New York, and a transformed Jamaica in the 1990s, Marlon James weaves a vivid, polyphonic epic filled with assassins, gangsters, journalists, and ghosts. Bold, ambitious, and unflinching, this novel cements James as one of the most electrifying voices in contemporary fiction.

Winner of the Booker Prize and one of the New York Times’s 100 Best Books of the 21st Century.