{"product_id":"the-disappearers-by-marlon-james","title":"The Disappearers by Marlon James","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003e\u003cb\u003e‘Darkness is a mood in Jamaica . . .'\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Disappearers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is Marlon James’s triumphant return to the Jamaica of \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eA Brief History of Seven Killings\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e – a place of heat and chaos, and of danger for anyone outside the heteronormal.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eBy the end of this night, one man is dead, all are injured, and two subsequently disappear.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\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.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eAs one of the victims puts it, ‘\u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003ethere’s a difference between when something ends and when something stops\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e’. And this story won’t stop until both the disappearers and the perpetrators have been tracked, along trails both hot and cold, and an ending reached.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cspan\u003eEpic and intimate, violent and forgiving, \u003c\/span\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Disappearers\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cspan\u003e is a tour de force which only Marlon James could have written – both an unflinching portrait of the hatred and shame faced by gay men in a society which refuses to accept them, and a deeply human story of acceptance and insight.\u003c\/span\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Mahiri Books","offers":[{"title":"Trade Paperback","offer_id":47049161539780,"sku":"9780241714416","price":105000.0,"currency_code":"UGX","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0462\/6300\/9440\/files\/9780241714416.jpg?v=1792241392","url":"https:\/\/mahiribooks.com\/products\/the-disappearers-by-marlon-james","provider":"Mahiri Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}