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Marlon James
In a special Talking Books from Hay Festival 2016, Martha Kearney talks to Jamaican-born author Marlon James.
In a special Talking Books from Hay Festival 2016, Martha Kearney talks to Jamaican-born author Marlon James. James has written three novels including 'John Crew's Devil' and the 'The Book of Night Women', a story concerning a slave woman's revolt. His latest book 锟紸 Brief History of Seven Killings' won the Man Booker prize in 2015, it starts with an account of an assassination attempt on Bob Marley, known throughout the book as 'The Singer', and goes on to intertwine fact and fiction, documenting a violent era of political instability in Jamaican history.
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Tue 7 Jun 2016
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Credits
Role | Contributor |
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Interviewed Guest | Marlon James |
Presenter | Martha Kearney |
Broadcasts
- Sun 5 Jun 2016 00:30GMT麻豆官网首页入口 News except UK & UK HD
- Sun 5 Jun 2016 07:30GMT麻豆官网首页入口 News except UK & UK HD
- Sun 5 Jun 2016 19:30GMT麻豆官网首页入口 News except UK & UK HD
- Tue 7 Jun 2016 08:00GMT麻豆官网首页入口 News except UK & UK HD