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Elizabeth Day talks to the Jamaican author Marlon James. After his novel A Brief History of Seven Killings won the 2015 Man Booker Prize, Marlon James changed direction in his writing with his self titled " African Game of Thrones" fantasy Dark Star trilogy. The second instalment, Moon Witch, Spider King, has just been published in paperback and tells the story of a century-long feud seen through the eyes of a 177-year-old witch Sogolon, a battle between different versions of empire. Marlon James talks to Elizabeth about writing the multifaceted Sogolon, mythology and his love of reading from Tolkien to Jane Austen. Book List - 23rd April to 27th April 2023 John Crow’s Devil by Marlon James The Book of Night Women by Marlon James A Brief History of Seven Killings by Marlon James Beloved by Toni Morrison Black Leopard Red Woolf by Marlon James Moon Witch Spider King by Marlon James White Wing, Dark Star by Marlon James The African Trilogy by Chinua Achebe Lord of The Rings by J. R. R. Tolkien The Hobbit by J. R. R. Tolkien A Game of Thrones by George R. R. Martin Don Quixote by Miguel de Cervantes My Brilliant Friend by Elena Ferrante: Translated by Ann Goldstein The Story of a New Name by Elena Ferrante: Translated by Ann Goldstein Those Who Leave and Those Who Stay by Elena Ferrante: Translated by Ann Goldstein The Story of the Lost Child by Elena Ferrante: Translated by Ann Goldstein Forest of a Thousand Daemons (Translated by Wole Soyinka) by Daniel O. Fagunwa Mansfield Park by Jane Austen Persuasion by Jane Austen Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen
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