A fictional exploration of the dangerous and unstable time of the 1976 Jamaican general election, when gunmen stormed the house of Bob Marley, machine guns blazing, nearly killing the Reggae superstar. Oneworld's lead fiction title and biggest prize contender, spanning decades and continents, and peopled with killers, gang members, politicians, FBI and CIA agents, journalists, conmen, and even Keith Richards' drug dealer

JAMAICA, 1976

Seven gunmen storm Bob Marley's house, machine guns blazing. The reggae superstar survives, but the gunmen are never caught.

From the acclaimed author of The Book of Night Women comes a dazzling display of masterful storytelling exploring this near-mythic event. Spanning three decades and crossing continents, A Brief History of Seven Killings chronicles the lives of a host of unforgettable characters - slum kids, one-night stands, drug lords, girlfriends, gunmen, journalists, and even the CIA. Gripping and inventive, ambitious and mesmerising, A Brief History of Seven Killings is one of the most remarkable and extraordinary novels of the twenty-first century.