Marlon James' sweeping epic of Jamaica wins Booker Prize
Judges praise first Jamaican-born winner's stylistic range and unflinching exploration of violence, cronyism and corruption
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JAMAICAN novelist Marlon James won the Man Booker Prize for Fiction 2015 on Tuesday for his novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings - a raw, violent epic that uses the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in 1976 to explore Jamaican politics, gang wars and drug trafficking.
James is the first Jamaican-born author to win the Man Booker, Britain's most prestigious literary award. At a ceremony at London's Guildhall, James said he was so certain he would not win that he did not prepare an acceptance speech.
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