{"product_id":"the-disappearers-hardcover","title":"The Disappearers - Hardcover","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eMarlon James\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eLONGLISTED FOR THE 2026 BOOKER PRIZE \u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"This masterpiece is the novel of the decade, if not the century... \u003ci\u003eThe Disappearers\u003c\/i\u003e places [James] near the front of the line, a decade or two from now, for the Nobel Prize.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe New York Times\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Harrowing, hilarious, magnificent ...this novel will be read decades from now, pored over in seminars and bookmarked on subway commutes ... [James'] defiant queer epic belongs to us all.\" -\u003ci\u003eThe Boston Globe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\"Among Marlon James's most ambitious and history-making works... James is a singular literary talent.\" -Booker Prize judge's citation \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eFrom Marlon James, author of the Booker Prize-winning \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Seven Killings\u003c\/i\u003e the electrifying story of the murder of a gay man in 1980s Jamaica and its far-reaching consequences \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn 1988, eight men in Kingston, Jamaica, begin rehearsals for a play. Though strangers to one another, they share an inescapable truth: All of them are gay. And they live in a world that refuses to accept them. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eOne night the men are savagely beaten and one of them is killed. As their bodies heal, the survivors begin to face the hatred and contempt that the violence laid bare. Some try to ignore what happened. Others double down on retribution. Some disappear completely. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIn this spellbinding novel, Marlon James has written a propulsive crime story that is also a deeply human account of connection and acceptance. Full of fascinating characters, biting humor, and unapologetic sex, \u003ci\u003eThe Disappearers\u003c\/i\u003e is both a thrilling page-turner and a finely etched portrait of queer life.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eMarlon James \u003c\/b\u003eis the Booker Prize-winning and \u003ci\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/i\u003ebestselling author of \u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Seven Killings\u003c\/i\u003e; the bestselling and National Book Award finalist \u003ci\u003eBlack Leopard, Red Wolf\u003c\/i\u003e; as well as the bestselling \u003ci\u003eMoon Witch, Spider King\u003c\/i\u003e; \u003ci\u003eThe Book of Night Women\u003c\/i\u003e; and \u003ci\u003eJohn Crow's Devil\u003c\/i\u003e. In addition to the Booker Prize, James's novels have won the Amer­ican Book Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, and the Los Ange­les Times Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, and have been finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the NAACP Image Award. The recipient of a Guggenheim Fellow­ship and named in 2019 one of \u003ci\u003eTime \u003c\/i\u003emagazine's one hundred most influential people in the world, James lives in New York City.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 640\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.8 x 9.4 x 6.2 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e September 01, 2026\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47759612837942,"sku":"9780593717202","price":45.4,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0744\/5037\/0614\/files\/l53Y0amJlZ9780593717202.webp?v=1789588866","url":"https:\/\/metagramxo.com\/products\/the-disappearers-hardcover","provider":"metagramxo","version":"1.0","type":"link"}