47. Marlon James in Conversation

The year is 1988: eight men in Kingston, Jamaica begin rehearsals for a play. Each has a different reason for being involved, but they all share one inescapable truth: all of them are gay, and must contend with the dangers that such a truth lays bare. In The Disappearers, Booker Prize-winning author Marlon James (now nominated for the Prize once again in 2026) offers a harrowing, unflinching, deeply human portrait of queer life in 1980s and 1990s Jamaica. James—who grew up in Jamaica and moved to the United States to escape the homophobia he faced—will share his profoundly moving latest work in conversation with Elamin Abdelmahmoud.  

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