How Marlon James Confronted ‘the Story I Was Not Allowed to Live’ NYT > Top Stories By: MJ Franklin 30 August 2026 at 16:24 With “The Disappearers,” the Booker Prize-winning author has written his most personal novel yet. © Marcus Maddox for The New York Times“I don’t go to novels to be safe,” Marlon James said. “I go to novels to be titillated, to be scared, to be educated, to be frightened — honestly, to be appalled.”
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