The Disappearers by Marlon James has an overall rating of Rave based on 17 book reviews.
Publisher
Riverhead Books
Date
September 1, 2026
From the Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings, the story of the murder of a gay man in 1980s Jamaica and its far-reaching consequences.
James is honest and generous in his shifting perspectives on an attack on eight gay men in Jamaica
NPR's Juana Summers talks with award-winning author Marlon James about his new book, The Disappearers, the story of a brutal…
For the characters in “The Disappearers,” seeing and being seen are matters of life and death.
Says a narrator in Marlon James’s freshly Booker-nominated The Disappearers, “I’ve made such a terrible mess out of being a…
Marlon James’s new novel follows a group of gay men who seek love, connection, and restitution after a bloody homophobic attack.
Marlon James, Douglas Stuart and Elizabeth Strout may be names we know, but there’s a welcome element of absurdism and surrealist…
“The Disappearers” Stages the Pain and Pleasure of Jamaican Gay Life
