Marlon James: The Jamaican novelist is already well known to literary observers; his 2014 novel, “A Brief History of Seven Killings,” won the prestigious Man Booker Prize. February will see the release of his next novel, “Black Leopard, Red Wolf,” the first volume in a fantasy trilogy that he describes as an “African ‘Game of Thrones.’ ” To get a feeling for his bravura writing, you can read an excerpt from “Seven Killings” at Literary Hub.
Source: latimes.com – Los Angeles Times