Current Read: A Brief History of Seven Killings

Jamaican author Marlon James won the Man Booker Prize for A Brief History of Seven Killings, a novel inspired by the attempted assassination of Bob Marley in the 1970s. I can't believe I'm just hearing about this book--I can't wait to read it!

Also on the short list, and worth looking into:
Tom McCarthy (UK), Satin Island
Chigozie Obioma (Nigeria), The Fishermen
Sunjeev Sahota (UK), The Year of the Runaways

Anne Tyler (US), A Spool of Blue Thread
Hanya Yanagihara (US), A Little Life