Beschreibung
Longlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize, The Disappearers marks Marlon James’s return to the Jamaica of A Brief History of Seven Killings, a place of heat, chaos and danger for anyone outside the heteronormative mainstream. In Kingston in 1988, eight gay men answer a casting call for an openly queer play, taking a great risk before a mob attacks one of their rehearsals. By the end of the night, one man is dead, everyone is injured and two men subsequently disappear. As the survivors recover, each confronts the bigotry and homophobia exposed by the attack. Some try to forget, some embrace their rage and some simply vanish, but all remain permanently scarred. Their story will not end until the missing men and the perpetrators are traced through trails both hot and cold. Epic and intimate, violent and forgiving, this is an unflinching portrait of the hatred and shame faced by gay men in a society that refuses to accept them, as well as a deeply human story of acceptance and insight.
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Language: English
Publication date: 3. September 2026
Manufacturer: The Book Service Ltd (Penguin)
Genres: English literature, Books, Foreign language books, Fiction in english, English novels, Adult lgbtq+ books in english, Lgbtq+ books in english
Type: Hardcover books
Pages: 616
ISBN/EAN: 9780241714409