Breve Historia de Siete Asesinatos

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Malpaso, 2016 - Fiction - 800 pages
3 de diciembre de 1976, a dos días del concierto Smile Jamaica –con la actuación estelar del hijo pródigo, Bob Marley−. A la cita, en plena Guerra Fría, no faltan ni los más seductores camaradas de la Cuba castrista ni los inquietos e inquietantes servicios de inteligencia estadounidenses. Aquella tarde, siete pistoleros, aprovechando un ensayo de la banda, asaltan la casa del cantante hiriendo al propio artista, a su mujer y a su mánager. Esta electrizante tragedia coral recrea la vida y tribulaciones de aquellos asaltantes, nos transporta al corazón de las peligrosas calles de la capital jamaicana, en compañía de los pistoleros, traficantes, amantes, agentes de la CIA −e incluso algún que otro fantasma−, que componen buena parte del paisaje humano de Kingston.

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About the author (2016)

Marlon James graduated from the University of West Indies with a degree in Language and Literature, and from Wilkes University in 2006 with a Masters in creative writing. His short fiction and nonfiction have appeared widely including in Esquire, Granta, and The Caribbean Review of Books. He is also the author of The Book of Night Women and John Crow's Devil. His third novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings, was the winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize, a recipient of the 2015 American Book Award, and named a best book of the year by various outlets such as The New York Times, Chicago Tribune, Publishers Weekly, Library Journal, amongst many others.

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