Jamaican novelist Marlon James wins Man Booker prize

Marlon James, the Jamaican novelist, has won the prestigious Man Booker Prize for Fiction for “A Brief History of Seven Killings.” He is the first Jamaican author to win the prize in the British award’s 47 years. It’s also the first for his publisher, Oneworld Publications.The novel is fictional retelling of the 1976 attempted murder of Bob Marley.