The Disappearers

By Marlon James

Categories: Literature & Fiction

The Disappearers is a 2026 novel by Jamaican writer Marlon James, who won the 2015 Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven Killings. It was shortlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize. In Kingston in 1988, eight gay men rehearsing an openly queer play are attacked by a mob that kills one of them. The novel follows the survivors as they deal with trauma, homophobia and anger, and with the disappearance of two friends, tracing queer life in Jamaica through the 1980s and 1990s.

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