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''A Brief History of Seven Killings'' is the third novel by Jamaican author Marlon James. It was published by Riverhead Books. The novel spans several decades and explores the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in Jamaica in 1976 and its aftermath through the crack wars in New York City in the 1980s and a changed Jamaica in the 1990s.〔(【引用サイトリンク】 title=A Brief History of Seven Killings )〕 The first part of the novel is set in Kingston, Jamaica in the build-up to the Smile Jamaica Concert, and describes politically motivated violence between gangs associated with the Jamaica Labour Party (JLP) and the People's National Party (PNP), especially in the West Kingston neighborhoods of Tivoli Gardens and Mathews Lane (renamed in the novel as Copenhagen City and Eight Lanes), including involvement of the CIA in the Jamaican politics of the time. As well as Marley other real life characters depicted or fictionalized in the book include Kingston gangsters Winston "Burry Boy" Blake and George "Feathermop" Spence, Claude Massop and Lester Lloyd Coke (Jim Brown) of the JLP and Aston Thomson (Buckie Marshall) of the PNP. HBO has optioned the novel and is planning a television series, with no début date yet announced. The book was awarded the 2015 Man Booker Prize. This marked the first time that a Jamaican-born author has won the prize.〔(【引用サイトリンク】url=http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/entertainment-arts-34511049 )〕 According to the BBC: "(Booker judge Michael ) Wood said the judges came to a unanimous decision in less than two hours. He praised the book's 'many voices'—it contains more than 75 characters—which 'went from Jamaican slang to Biblical heights'". == Recognition == *2014 - National Book Critics Circle Award finalist〔(【引用サイトリンク】title=National Book Critics Circle Announces Finalists for Publishing Year 2014 )〕 *2015 - Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Fiction〔The Anisfield-Wolf Book Awards. "(Winners by Year )"〕 *2015 - Minnesota Book Award for Novel & Short Story〔(" The Minnesota Book Awards. " )〕 *2015 - Man Booker Prize〔("The Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2015 shortlist is revealed" ), The Man Booker Prize website, September 15, 2015. The 680-page epic was "full of surprises" as well as being "very violent" and "full of swearing". Set across three decades, the novel uses the true story of the attempt on the life of reggae star Marley to explore the turbulent world of Jamaican gangs and politics. Wood said the judges had come to a unanimous decision in less than two hours. He praised the book's "many voices" - it contains more than 75 characters - which "went from Jamaican slang to Biblical heights". 〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「A Brief History of Seven Killings」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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