I tend to like books with multiple narration and "loose plot lines" and that being the case, A Brief History of Seven Killings works for me. The book won the Booker Prize in 2015, deservedly, I think. Not only is the book long (not "brief" at all at 700+ pages), it is narrated by about 30 narrators, some of whom are major characters in the plot, some of whom are there, seemingly, for "local color" and some are even dead! The book deals with the (real life) attempted assassination of Reggae icon Bob Marley in 1976, and continues into the early 1990s drug gang-invested New York. The challenging aspect of the book, for me, was the extremely graphic violence. It called to mind Roberto Bolano's novels. It's not a book for the feint of heart or for those who demand tight plot structure and clear narration, but it is a book to experience and respect.
For a review of the book from NT Times, click here: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/books/review/a-
For a review of the book from NT Times, click here: https://www.nytimes.com/2014/10/26/books/review/a-
