Author
Marlon James
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The Disappearers
by Marlon James
The Disappearers is Marlon James's literary crime novel, shortlisted for the 2026 Booker Prize, about eight gay men in 1988 Kingston, Jamaica, whose rehearsals for a play end in a beating and a death. Savage, profane, funny and 633 pages long, it follows the survivors across years.