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The Disappearers
Marlon James
The Disappearers is a 2026 novel by Jamaican writer Marlon James, published in the UK by Hamish Hamilton. It is his sixth novel overall and the first since 2015's A Brief History of Seven Killings to be set in Jamaica. It focuses on a group of gay men in the 1980s and was on the longlist for the 2026 Booker Prize.
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GenreLiterary fiction
Vivek’s Notes
Marlon James is back on the Booker longlist. The novel is about a brutal homophobic attack on a group of gay men rehearsing a play in 1988 Kingston, Jamaica, and the harrowing aftermath for the survivors, and the ones who vanished without a trace.
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