Man Booker Prize winner Marlon James on pandering: ‘I write what I want’ – 布克奖得主马龙杰姆斯迎合：“我写我想写的东西”
Marlon James has a not-so-secret secret: He's a huge nerd.
马龙杰姆斯已经不那么秘密的秘密：他是一个巨大的书呆子。
"I can quote X-Men comics by issue number," says James."I will out-nerd you. My comic nerd credentials are pretty tight."
“我可以引用的X战警漫画的发行数量，”杰姆斯说，“我将你的书呆子。我的漫画书呆子凭据是相当紧张的。”
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Yet it's his sharp, measured historical fiction that has made James famous. Earlier this year, James became the first Jamaican writer to win the Man Booker Prize in Fiction for his novel, A Brief History of Seven Killings.
这是他敏锐的，测量的历史小说，使杰姆斯出名。今年早些时候，杰姆斯成为第一位获得布克奖的小说作家，他的小说牙买加，七个事件的简要历史。
The book, which was inspired by the assassination attempt on Bob Marley in 1976, explores the political unrest in Jamaica by following a collection of characters, including gunmen, drug dealers, CIA agents, reporters and "The Singer." James' previous two books, John Crow's Devil and The Book of Night Women, have similar framing — they both use compelling fictional narratives to explore Jamaican history. Read more...
这本书，它的灵感来自于1976鲍勃刺杀马利，探讨牙买加的政治动乱的字符的集合，包括枪手，毒贩，中情局特工，记者和“歌手”。杰姆斯以前的两本书，约翰乌鸦的恶魔和夜女人的书，也有类似的框架和# 8212；他们用令人信服的小说叙事的探索牙买加历史。多读…
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