Marlon James’s New Novel Is About the Joy and Pain of Queer Community

'Damage happened here.' In Marlon James' new novel, the violence has a point

NPR's Juana Summers talks with award-winning author Marlon James about his new book, The Disappearers, the story of a brutal attack on a group of gay men in Jamaica and its aftermath.

Review: Marlon James’s most talked-about novel has arrived, driven by a devastating tragedy

Melancholic and unyielding, James' Booker Prize longlisted new novel, 'The Disappearers,' captures a community fighting to exist despite relentless persecution.

In ‘The Disappearers,’ Marlon James has written a defiant queer epic for us all - The Boston Globe

In “The Disappearers,” James tracks a cadre of closeted Kingston men as they maneuver around families, communities, the law, and their own desire.

Marlon James’s New Novel Is About the Joy and Pain of Queer Community

“The Disappearers” is a frank look at queer community in Jamaica. It’s also the most celebrated book of the year.

“The Disappearers” Stages the Pain and Pleasure of Jamaican Gay Life

Katy Waldman on a new novel by the Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James, which follows a group of gay men in nineteen-eighties Jamaica after a bloody homophobic attack.

Marlon James on (Finally) Writing a Novel That Draws From His Life

Says a narrator in Marlon James’s freshly Booker-nominated The Disappearers, “I’ve made such a terrible mess out of being a homo.” The novel’s protagonists are all gay men in ‘80s and ‘90s Jamaica; each makes similar proclamations. “But the statement