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Violence
Very heavy
Graphic
Language
Very heavy
Strong
Sexual Content
Some
Some content
Substance Use
A lot
Significant
Emotional Intensity
A lot
Intense
What this book is about
The Man — Bob Marley, never named — is nearly killed in 1976. James unfolds the decades before and after through a chorus of voices: gunmen, CIA agents, journalists, drug runners, and ghosts. A sprawling, violent, brilliant novel of Jamaican politics and the war on drugs. Booker Prize winner.
Notes for sensitive readers
Reader-flagged moments and themes that may affect your experience.
Graphic violence throughout
Very strong language (profanity on almost every page)
Extensive drug use
One of the most intense literary novels in recent years — not for all readers
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