Gay men in 1980s Jamaica face a deadly mob attack and its aftermath in this graphic, propulsive novel of queer survival.
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Gay men in 1980s Jamaica face a deadly mob attack and its aftermath in this graphic, propulsive novel of queer survival.
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From Marlon James, author of the Booker Prize–winning A Brief History of Seven Killings, a propulsive novel about the murder of a gay man in 1980s Jamaica and its tragic consequences. In 1988, eight men in Kingston, Jamaica, begin rehearsals for a play, a modern masterpiece titled Fortune and Men's Eyes by Canadian playwright John Herbert. The men are strangers to one another and each has a different reason for being involved. But they all share one inescapable truth: All of them are gay—a "batt...
What's Inside
will contain mild spoilers
Sexual content
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Frequent explicit gay sex; graphic sexual assault depicted on-page
Violence & gore
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Graphic mob attacks, murder, blood; pervasive brutal violence
Profanity
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Pervasive strong profanity and lewd Jamaican creole throughout
Substance use
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No evidence found in available sources
LGBTQ+ Rep.
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Central focus on gay men and queer life in 1980s–90s Jamaica
Religious content
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No evidence found in available sources
Magic & witchcraft
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No magic or witchcraft present
Occult / demonology
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No occult or demonology content present
Political content
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Central themes of anti-gay persecution and Jamaican social violence
Self-harm / suicide
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No evidence found in available sources
Abuse & suffering
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Graphic rape, mob brutality, lifelong anti-gay persecution and cruelty
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