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NEW YORK (AP) — Marlon James has unearthed monsters everywhere from a colonial era plantation to the house of Bob Marley. His latest book is set in a fantastical vision of ancient Africa filled with monsters and witches and ever taller tales.
Likened to "Game of Thrones" by some critics, "Black Leopard, Red Wolf" is the first of three planned fantasy novels, featuring a hunter for hire named Tracker whose pursuit of a missing boy extends over 600 pages of warfare, sex, shape shifting and plotting.
James is the author of the Booker Prize-winning "A Brief History of Seven Killings," about the attempted 1976 assassination of Marley.
He sees "Black Leopard, Red Wolf" as a fitting testament for a moment which demands a close look at the past.
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