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SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026
SHORTLISTED FOR FOYLES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026

'This masterpiece is the novel of the decade, if not the century' New York Times

From the Booker Prize-Winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings, the emotionally charged new novel about violence and prejudice, queerness and Jamaica.

'Darkness is a mood in Jamaica . . .'

Jamaica, 1988, a place of heat and chaos, and of danger for anyone outside the heteronormal.

So when eight gay men meet for the first time, answering the casting call for an openly queer play, they are already taking a big risk. But that is nothing compared to what rains down on them when a mob descends on one of their rehearsals.

By the end of this night, one man is dead, all are injured, and two subsequently disappear.

As the survivors heal, each man finds he must confront the bigotry and homophobia that the attack laid bare. Some try to forget, some embrace their rage, and some simply vanish - but all are forever scarred. This story won't stop until both the disappearers and the perpetrators have been tracked, along trails both hot and cold, and an ending reached.

Epic and intimate, violent and forgiving, The Disappearers is a tour de force which only Marlon James could have written - both an unflinching portrait of the hatred and shame faced by gay men in a society which refuses to accept them, and a deeply human story of acceptance and insight.

Praise for The Disappearers:

'A triumph . . . Mighty, grand and peripatetic' Guardian

'A writer of complexity, depth and uncompromising vision . . . An exceptional and important novel' Financial Times

'An epic, virtuosic, propulsive performance, alternately hilarious and viscerally horrifying' Daily Mail

'A masterful work, electrifying and reflective' Observer

'James's dialogue fountains down the page, as if a tap has been opened. Life pours from him' New Yorker

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026
SHORTLISTED FOR FOYLES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2026

'This masterpiece is the novel of the decade, if not the century' New York Times

From the Booker Prize-Winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings, the emotionally charged new novel about violence and prejudice, queerness and Jamaica.

'Darkness is a mood in Jamaica . . .'

Jamaica, 1988, a place of heat and chaos, and of danger for anyone outside the heteronormal.

So when eight gay men meet for the first time, answering the casting call for an openly queer play, they are already taking a big risk. But that is nothing compared to what rains down on them when a mob descends on one of their rehearsals.

By the end of this night, one man is dead, all are injured, and two subsequently disappear.

As the survivors heal, each man finds he must confront the bigotry and homophobia that the attack laid bare. Some try to forget, some embrace their rage, and some simply vanish - but all are forever scarred. This story won't stop until both the disappearers and the perpetrators have been tracked, along trails both hot and cold, and an ending reached.

Epic and intimate, violent and forgiving, The Disappearers is a tour de force which only Marlon James could have written - both an unflinching portrait of the hatred and shame faced by gay men in a society which refuses to accept them, and a deeply human story of acceptance and insight.

Praise for The Disappearers:

'A triumph . . . Mighty, grand and peripatetic' Guardian

'A writer of complexity, depth and uncompromising vision . . . An exceptional and important novel' Financial Times

'An epic, virtuosic, propulsive performance, alternately hilarious and viscerally horrifying' Daily Mail

'A masterful work, electrifying and reflective' Observer

'James's dialogue fountains down the page, as if a tap has been opened. Life pours from him' New Yorker

Über den Autor
Marlon James is the author of the Booker Prize-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings; the National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf; the New York Times-bestselling Moon Witch, Spider King; The Book of Night Women; and John Crow's Devil. In addition to the Booker Prize, his novels have won the American Book Award, the Los Angeles Times' Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Born in Jamaica, James lives in New York City.
Details
Erscheinungsjahr: 2026
Genre: Importe, Romane & Erzählungen
Rubrik: Belletristik
Medium: Buch
ISBN-13: 9780241714409
ISBN-10: 0241714400
Sprache: Englisch
Einband: Gebunden
Autor: James, Marlon
Hersteller: Penguin Books Ltd
Verantwortliche Person für die EU: Libri GmbH, Europaallee 1, D-36244 Bad Hersfeld, gpsr@libri.de
Maße: 237 x 158 x 46 mm
Von/Mit: Marlon James
Erscheinungsdatum: 08.10.2026
Gewicht: 0,83 kg
Artikel-ID: 136217942

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