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ACTOR BRAD PITT READS AN EXCERPT FROM MARLON JAMES’ “A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS” FOR THE NY TIMES!

September 15th, 2016 | Add a Comment

 Top: Brad Pitt Bottom: Marlon James HOLLYWOOD A-list actor Brad Pitt recently gave the thumbs up to Jamaican author Marlon James by reading an excerpt of his award-winning book A Brief History of Seven Killings. The two-minute-and-eight-second video entitled Brad Pitt reads Marlon James was part of The New York Times Style Magazine’s package recently. “Dead people never stopped talking. Maybe because death is not death at all, just a detention after school. You know where you’re coming from and always returning from it. You know where you’re going but never seem to get there…you’re just dead, dead,” read Pitt. James, who teaches creative writing at Macalester College in Minnesota, also interviewed Pitt and compiled a list of ‘five or six things’ he didn’t know about the film star. The list comprised: Brad Pitt is a … Read entire article »

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JAMAICA’S MARLON JAMES WINS THE BOOKER PRIZE FOR BOOK ON BOB MARLEY!

October 13th, 2015 | Add a Comment

 Marlon James (Photo: AP)– Marlon James became the first Jamaican winner of the prestigious Booker Prize for fiction Tuesday with a vivid, violent, exuberant, and expletive-laden novel based on the attempted assassination of Bob Marley. Michael Wood, chairman of the judging panel, said “A Brief History of Seven Killings” was “the most exciting book on the list” and a novel full of the “sheer pleasure” of language. “One of the pleasures of reading it is you turn the page and you are not sure who the next narrator will be,” said Wood, a professor emeritus of English at Princeton University. He said the book had been the unanimous choice of the five judges. James, 44, was awarded the 50,000 pound (US$77,000) prize during a black-tie dinner at London’s medieval Guildhall. “A Brief History of … Read entire article »

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CABLE GIANT HBO BUYS THE RIGHTS TO BOOK BY JAMAICAN AUTHOR MARLON JAMES!

April 30th, 2015 | Add a Comment

Written by Staff Writer/Jamaicans.com—- The Bookseller reported today that HBO has optioned screen rights to Marlon James novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings, for a series adaptation.  The books tells the story of the attempted assassination of a popular Jamaican singer and its aftermath. Most believe “the singer” is Bob Marley even though his name is not mentioned.  The book’s primary setting is a violent period in Jamaica in the 1970s and early 80s, when guns were flooding in and CIA agents had a presence on the island. HBO plans to produce an ongoing series from the book. Award-winning screenwriter Eric Roth, who has been very successful in adapting books into screenplays, will be penning the script for the series. A Brief History of Seven Killings is Marlon James’ third novel. His debut novel John Crow’s Devil and  second novel The Book of Night Women were both published in 2010.   … Read entire article »

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