"The Disappearers" — Marlon James's Novel on Violence, Memory, and Jamaica's Queer Community

Sat, 10 Oct 2026 12:00:00 +0000

On September 3, 2026, the British publishing house Hamish Hamilton (an imprint of Penguin Books) released the novel The Disappearers in English. Its author is the Jamaican novelist Marlon James, winner of the 2015 Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven Killings.

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"The Disappearers" — Marlon James's Novel on Violence, Memory, and Jamaica's Queer Community