A spectacular, genre-redefining literary fantasy novel from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings.
Marlon James is the author of the New York Times Bestseller A Brief History of Seven Killings, The Book of Night Women, and John Crow's Devil. A Brief History of Seven Killings won the Man Booker Prize, the American Book Award, and the Anisfield-Wolf Award for Fiction, and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award. The Book of Night Women won the Minnesota Book Award and was a finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award, as well as the NAACP Image Award. Marlon James is a professor at Macalester College in St. Paul. He divides his time between Minnesota and New York.
A fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made, with
language as powerful as Angela Carter's. It's as deep and crafty as
Gene Wolfe, bloodier than Robert E. Howard, and all Marlon James...
I cannot wait for the next instalment
*Neil Gaiman*
Stand aside, Beowolf. There's a new epic hero slashing his way into
our hearts...James is clear-cutting space for a whole new kingdom.
Black Leopard, Red Wolf rises up from the mists of time, glistening
like viscera. James has spun an African fantasy as vibrant, complex
and haunting as any Western mythology
*Washington Post*
A miracle... If Charles R. Saunders' Imaro series opened the door
to new ways of telling epic fantasy, and N.K. Jemisin's Inheritance
trilogy leapt over the threshold, then Marlon James' Black Leopard,
Red Wolf just ripped the whole damn door off its hinges
*Tor*
I can honestly say I cannot wait for the next instalment
*Spectator*
Marlon James possesses almost frightening levels of talent... His
work is wholly original while paying homage to all the important
literary ancestors. An archetypal epic for the 21st century
*Forbes*
Black Leopard, Red Wolf heralds the arrival of fantasy's next great
saga and reaffirms James as one of the greatest storytellers of his
generation
*BookPage*
One of the most talked-about and influential adventure epics since
George R.R. Martin's A Song of Ice and Fire was transformed into
Game of Thrones
*Kirkus*
This book begins like a fever dream and merges into world upon
world of deadly fairy tales rich with political magic. Black
Leopard, Red Wolf is a fabulous cascade of storytelling. Sink right
in. I guarantee you will be swept downstream'
*Louise Erdrich*
Black Leopard, Red Wolf ... affirms [James's] place as one of our
most talented living authors.
*Literary Hub*
What marks James's tale as his own is the wonder evoked through
descriptive, unrelenting prose along with a focus on a distinct
mythology cobbled from history and folk tale. [A] propulsive
narrative.
*The Guardian*
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