{"product_id":"the-disappears","title":"The Disappears","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eMarlon James\u003c\/strong\u003e (author)\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e'This masterpiece is the novel of the decade, if not the century' \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003e*SHORTLISTED FOR THE BOOKER PRIZE 2026*\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eMARLON JAMES'S TRIUMPHANT RETURN TO THE JAMAICA OF HIS BOOKER PRIZE-WINNING \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003eA BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold a-text-italic\"\u003e‘Darkness is a mood in Jamaica . . .'\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Disappearers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Marlon James’s triumphant return to the Jamaica of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Brief History of Seven Killings\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – a place of heat and chaos, and of danger for anyone outside the heteronormal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eSo when eight gay men meet for the first time, in Kingston in 1988, answering the casting call for an openly queer play, they are already taking a big risk. But that is nothing compared to what rains down on them when a mob descends on one of their rehearsals.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy the end of this night, one man is dead, all are injured, and two subsequently disappear. As the survivors heal, each man finds he must confront the bigotry and homophobia that the attack laid bare. Some try to forget; some embrace their rage; and some simply vanish – but all are forever scarred.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs one of the victims puts it, ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003ethere’s a difference between when something ends and when something stops\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’. And this story won’t stop until both the disappearers and the perpetrators have been tracked, along trails both hot and cold, and an ending reached.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEpic and intimate, violent and forgiving, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Disappearers\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a tour de force which only Marlon James could have written – both an unflinching portrait of the hatred and shame faced by gay men in a society which refuses to accept them, and a deeply human story of acceptance and insight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan\u003eMarlon James is the author of the Booker Prize-winning \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eA Brief History of Seven Killings\u003c\/span\u003e; the National Book Award finalist \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eBlack Leopard, Red Wolf\u003c\/span\u003e; the \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eNew York Times\u003c\/span\u003e-bestselling \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eMoon Witch, Spider King\u003c\/span\u003e; \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eThe Book of Night Women\u003c\/span\u003e; and \u003cspan class=\"a-text-italic\"\u003eJohn Crow’s Devil\u003c\/span\u003e. In addition to the Booker Prize, his novels have won the American Book Award, the Los Angeles Times’ Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, and the Dayton Literary Peace Prize. Born in Jamaica, James lives in New York City.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublisher ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003eHamish Hamilton\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePublication date ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e 2026\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003ePrint length ‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e640 pages\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cspan class=\"a-list-item\"\u003e \u003cspan class=\"a-text-bold\"\u003eISBN‏ : ‎ \u003c\/span\u003e \u003cspan\u003e9780241714409\u003c\/span\u003e \u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Rudolf Steiner Bookshop","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":59970323448192,"sku":"9780241714409","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0795\/3281\/8754\/files\/TheDisappears.jpg?v=1790344777","url":"https:\/\/rudolfsteinerbookshop.co.uk\/products\/the-disappears","provider":"Rudolf Steiner Bookshop","version":"1.0","type":"link"}