NYT’s Novel of the Century? Marlon James on The Disappearers

Welcome to Intelligence Squared where great minds meet. I'm senior producer Mia Sorenti. The New York Times has just dubbed The Disappearers as a masterpiece. The new novel from Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings is described as the best novel of the decade, if not the century. On today's episode, James joins host Mytha Lee Rao to unpack the novel behind the acclaim. The disappearers follows a violent incident set amongst the untold history of the AIDS crisis in 1980s Jamaica. Let's join our host, Mithley Rao, now with more.

You're listening to Intelligence Squared, I'm Mythali Rao. My guest today is Booker Prize winning author Marlon James. His new novel is The Disappearers. Um to start with the disappears was recently long listed for the Booker Prize. You've won that prize before, but congratulations all the same. It must be good to see your work, uh

Recognized in this way again. Yeah, before it even comes out. So that's great. Get the sticker on the on the cover, right? People can see it and know what they have to look forward to. Um, I really enjoyed the book. It's impossible to read it without being completely pulled into this world you've created and in some ways I felt documenting. Um it's a book that's brimming with texture and insight and

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