{"product_id":"the-disappearers-9780241714409","title":"The Disappearers","description":"\u003cp data-bb-audio=\"1\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eListen while you read.\u003c\/strong\u003e The audiobook is on Libro.fm, and part of every sale comes back to our shop. \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/bb-listen.thomasjohnjunk.workers.dev\/a\/9780241714409?s=product\"\u003eGet the audiobook\u003c\/a\u003e, and it opens the edition sold in your country.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMarlon James's return to the Jamaica of his Booker Prize-winning A Brief History of Seven Killings, a place of heat and chaos, and of danger for anyone outside the heteronormal.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSo when eight gay men meet for the first time, in Kingston in 1988, answering the casting call for an openly queer play, they are already taking a big risk. But that is nothing compared to what rains down on them when a mob descends on one of their rehearsals. By the end of this night, one man is dead, all are injured, and two subsequently disappear.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs the survivors heal, each man finds he must confront the bigotry and homophobia that the attack laid bare. Some try to forget; some embrace their rage; and some simply vanish, but all are forever scarred. As one of the victims puts it, 'there's a difference between when something ends and when something stops'.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This masterpiece is the novel of the decade, if not the century' New York Times\u003c\/p\u003e\u003ch3\u003eAuthor: Marlon James\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003ch4\u003eShortlisted for the Booker Prize 2026\u003c\/h4\u003e\u003ch5\u003ePublished on 3 Sep 2026 by Hamish Hamilton.\u003c\/h5\u003e\u003cbr\u003eHardback, 640 pages\u003cbr\u003e","brand":"Marlon James","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57312864797050,"sku":"9780241714409","price":20.0,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0373\/4125\/files\/9780241714409.jpg?v=1790527225","url":"https:\/\/belfastbooks.co.uk\/products\/the-disappearers-9780241714409","provider":"Belfast Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}