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In The Disappearers (Riverhead), Marlon James has written a deeply human story of men forced to make compromises to survive what the society they live in demands. It is both a dramatic page-turner and an unflinching exploration of queer life in Jamaica during the 1980s and 1990s.
Moderator: Dr. Grace D. Gipson, Assistant Professor of African American Studies, Virginia Commonwealth University

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