The literary equivalent of a Marvel Comics universe - filled with dizzying, magpie references to old movies and recent TV, ancient myths and classic comic books, and fused into something new and startling by his gifts for language and sheer inventiveness.' -Michiko Kakutani, The New York Times 'No novel this year was as intoxicated by the pleasures and possibilities of storytelling as this bloody, bawdy, profane, deliriously overstuffed work of high fantasy. Praise for Black Leopard, Red Wolf 'Gripping, action-packed.

Defying categorization and full of unforgettable characters, Black Leopard, Red Wolf is both surprising and profound as it explores the fundamentals of truth, the limits of power, and our need to understand them both. As he struggles to survive, Tracker starts to wonder: Who, really, is this boy? Why has he been missing for so long? Why do so many people want to keep Tracker from finding him? And perhaps the most important questions of all: Who is telling the truth, and who is lying? Drawing from African history and mythology and his own rich imagination, Marlon James has written a novel unlike anything that's come before it: a saga of breathtaking adventure that's also an ambitious, involving read. As Tracker follows the boy's scent-from one ancient city to another into dense forests and across deep rivers-he and the band are set upon by creatures intent on destroying them. The band is a hodgepodge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as Leopard. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search for the boy. Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: He has a nose, people say. The epic novel from the Man Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings In the stunning first novel in Marlon James's Dark Star trilogy, myth, fantasy, and history come together to explore what happens when a mercenary is hired to find a missing child. Neil Gaiman Gripping, action-packed.The literary equivalent of a Marvel Comics universe. The New York Times Bestseller Named a Best Book of 2019 by The Wall Street Journal, TIME, NPR, GQ, Vogue, and The Washington PostĪ fantasy world as well-realized as anything Tolkien made. Times Ray Bradbury Prize Finalist for the 2019 National Book Award About the Book Series information taken from publisher's website.īook Synopsis One of TIME's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time Winner of the L.A.

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