A crowd-sourced list of what should be required reading
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"Black Leopard, Red Wolf"
by Marlon James
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Marlon James’ “Black Leopard, Red Wolf” is piling up rave reviews in publication after publication, and this Wednesday, James will be in conversation with Kerri Miller for The Thread Live.
What’s more: We have a limited number of free tickets for this literary event. Want in? Fill out this form to request tickets. It will be at 7 p.m. on Wednesday, Feb. 13, at the Fitzgerald Theater in St. Paul.
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“James has spun an African fantasy as vibrant, complex and haunting as any Western mythology, and nobody who survives reading this book will ever forget it ... 'Ocean’s Eleven' has got nothing on this ensemble ... Harvesting mythology and fantasy from the rich soil of Africa — from the Anansi tales to the Sundiata Epic and so much more — James hangs a string of awesome adventures on this quest for the missing boy.” — The Washington Post
“In these pages, James conjures 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.” — The New York Times
“Reading ‘Black Leopard, Red Wolf’ was like being slowly eaten by a bear, one inviting me to feel every pressure of tooth and claw tearing into me, asking me to contemplate the intimacy of violation and occasionally cracking a joke.” — NPR
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