The Resource A brief history of seven killings, Marlon James
A brief history of seven killings, Marlon James
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The item A brief history of seven killings, Marlon James represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
Resource Information
The item A brief history of seven killings, Marlon James represents a specific, individual, material embodiment of a distinct intellectual or artistic creation found in Randwick City Library.
This item is available to borrow from 3 library branches.
- Summary
- On 3 December 1976, just weeks before the general election and two days before Bob Marley was to play the Smile Jamaica Concert to ease political tensions, seven gunmen from West Kingston stormed his house with machine guns blazing. Marley survived and went on to perform at the free concert, but the next day he left the country, and didn't return for two years. Not a lot was recorded about the fate of the seven gunmen, but much has been said, whispered and sung about in the streets of West Kingston. Inspired by this near-mythic event, A Brief History of Seven Killings takes the form of an imagined oral biography, told by ghosts, witnesses, killers, members of parliament, drug dealers, conmen, beauty queens, FBI and CIA agents, reporters, journalists, and even Keith Richards' drug dealer
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 688 pages
- Contents
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- Original rockers: December 2, 1976
- Ambush in the night: December 3, 1976
- Shadow dancin': February 15, 1979
- White lines / Kids in America: August 14, 1985
- Sound boy killing: March 22, 1991
- Isbn
- 9781780746357
- Label
- A brief history of seven killings
- Title
- A brief history of seven killings
- Statement of responsibility
- Marlon James
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- On 3 December 1976, just weeks before the general election and two days before Bob Marley was to play the Smile Jamaica Concert to ease political tensions, seven gunmen from West Kingston stormed his house with machine guns blazing. Marley survived and went on to perform at the free concert, but the next day he left the country, and didn't return for two years. Not a lot was recorded about the fate of the seven gunmen, but much has been said, whispered and sung about in the streets of West Kingston. Inspired by this near-mythic event, A Brief History of Seven Killings takes the form of an imagined oral biography, told by ghosts, witnesses, killers, members of parliament, drug dealers, conmen, beauty queens, FBI and CIA agents, reporters, journalists, and even Keith Richards' drug dealer
- Biography type
- contains biographical information
- Cataloging source
- SALS
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorDate
- 1970-
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- James, Marlon
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- non fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Marley, Bob
- Assassins
- Reggae musicians
- Rastafarians
- Oral history
- Jamaica
- New York (N.Y.)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- A brief history of seven killings, Marlon James
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Contents
- Original rockers: December 2, 1976 -- Ambush in the night: December 3, 1976 -- Shadow dancin': February 15, 1979 -- White lines / Kids in America: August 14, 1985 -- Sound boy killing: March 22, 1991
- Control code
- 000054817123
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 688 pages
- Isbn
- 9781780746357
- Label
- A brief history of seven killings, Marlon James
- Carrier category
- volume
- Content category
- text
- Contents
- Original rockers: December 2, 1976 -- Ambush in the night: December 3, 1976 -- Shadow dancin': February 15, 1979 -- White lines / Kids in America: August 14, 1985 -- Sound boy killing: March 22, 1991
- Control code
- 000054817123
- Dimensions
- 20 cm.
- Edition
- Paperback edition.
- Extent
- xiv, 688 pages
- Isbn
- 9781780746357
Subject
- Jamaica -- History -- 1962- -- Fiction
- Marley, Bob -- Assassination attempts -- Fiction
- New York (N.Y.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Oral history -- Fiction
- Rastafarians -- Jamaica -- Fiction
- Reggae musicians -- Jamaica -- Fiction
- Winners circle
- Assassins -- Fiction
- Historical fiction
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- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2014
- trueBooklist Editors' Choice - Best Fiction Books: 2014
- trueLibrary Journal Best Books: 2014
- trueLibrary Journal Top Ten
- trueMan Booker Prize
- trueMinnesota Book Awards: Novel & Short Story
Library Locations
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Lionel Bowen Library and Community CentreBorrow it669-673 Anzac Parade, Marouba, NSW, 2035, AU-33.938111 151.237977
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Malabar Community LibraryBorrow it1203 Anzac Parade, Matraville, NSW, 2036, AU-33.962293 151.245961
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Margaret Martin LibraryBorrow itLevel 1, Royal Randwick Shopping Centre, Randwick, NSW, 2031, AU-33.9151421 151.2408898
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