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James, Marlon : A Brief History Of Seven Killings

Riverhead Books, New York City, NY, 2015

ISBN 1594633940

First Edition / First Printing. Fine in No Dust Jacket, As Issued. 688 pages. The author's breakthrough third novel. One of the most sensational literary events of our time. The First Softcover Edition. Precedes and should not be confused with all other subsequent printings as well as the British Booker Prize Commemorative Edition. Copies of the First Softcover Edition (as well as all other multiple subsequent printings) have the "Booker Prize" Seal on the cover. One of few released just before the October 13, 2015 Booker Prize, this copy of the First Softcover Edition does NOT have the Seal. The First Edition now rare. Presents Marlon James' "A Brief History of Seven Killings". The single greatest "breakthrough" writer from the Caribbean since V. S. Naipaul. As is now well-known, the title is doubly ironic: It spans three decades, and at 688 pages, is not brief at all. At the same time, Bob Marley's life was very brief indeed: While he survived the ferocious attempt on his life, he soon died of cancer at the age of 36. With its cacophony of multiple, anguished voices, the novel is dense yet rewarding, a triumph of linguistic and literary virtuosity. "A great book. Its achievement goes far beyond opening up the terrible moment in the life of a great musician" (The Boston Globe). Marley is not a character in the novel, whose single most brilliant stroke is that the story is told by (and is about) Marley's would-be killers. Marley is instead The Singer, an inescapable presence, whose actual life is telegraphed by Marlon James: Bullet points, as it were, about the single greatest Jamaican figure, a universal icon, who can only be gleaned from a distance, in a feat of novelistic poise. An absolute "must-have" title for Marlon James collectors. This copy is very boldly and beautifully signed, dated (before publication), and inscribed ("lined") in blue ink-pen on the title page by the author: "Marlon James 10.31.15 'Listen. Dead people never stop talking' ". It is signed directly on the page itself, not on a tipped-in page. The inscription is the novel's first two lines. Laid-in is a pristine copy of the Souvenir Program of the event during which his signature was obtained. This title is a great book. This is the only such signed, pre-publication dated, and inscribed ("lined") copy of the First Softcover Edition/First Printing/First State available online and is in especially fine condition: Clean, crisp, and bright, a pristine beauty. Please note: Copies of the First Softcover Edition have the "Booker Prize" Seal on the cover. One of very few copies released before the Booker Prize, this copy does NOT have the seal. A rare signed copy thus. Winner of the Booker Prize for "A Brief History of Seven Killings" in 2015. One of the most brilliant novelists of our time. A fine copy. (SEE ALSO OTHER COPIES OF THIS TITLE IN OUR CATALOG). ISBN 1594633940.

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