Jamaican writer Marlon James wins Booker prize

An author whose first novel was rejected 70 times has said it was “kind of surreal” to be the first Jamaican to win the coveted Man Booker Prize for fiction.

Jamaican writer Marlon James wins Booker prize

An author whose first novel was rejected 70 times has said it was “kind of surreal” to be the first Jamaican to win the coveted Man Booker Prize for fiction.

Marlon James, 44, collected the award for A Brief History Of Seven Killings from the Duchess of Cornwall at a glittering ceremony at central London’s Guildhall.

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