Marlon James: The Disappearers - The Booker Prize winner on his new novel presented by Chicago Humanities and Thalia Hall

Booker Prize-winning novelist Marlon James discusses his new novel, The Disappearers, at Thalia Hall in a Chicago Humanities conversation. The book explores queer life in Jamaica during the 1980s and ’90s, examining the compromises people make to survive in a society that demands they conceal parts of themselves. Hear James discuss the novel’s themes and creative process.

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