The Book of Night Women

'One of the most expanding, lyrical, relevant novels I will ever read.'

* Jessie Burton, author of The Miniaturist *

'Both beautifully written and devastating.'

-- New York Times

‘It reads like Faulkner in another skin. It is a brave book. And like the best, and most dangerous of stories, it seems as if it was just waiting to be told.’

 

-- Colum McCann, author of Zoli and Dancer

‘An exquisite, haunting and beautiful novel... like the best of literature [it] deserves to be passed down hand to hand, generation to generation.’

 

-- Dinaw Mengestu, author of The Beautiful Things

‘An epic novel of late-18thcentury West Indian slavery, complete with all its carnage and brutishness, but one that, like a Toni Morrison novel, whispers rather than shouts its horrors.’

-- Time Out

'The Book of Night Women by Marlon James is so uniquely devastating, it’s ideal to have a support system in the form of a book club to read with. Exploring the particularly cruel form of slavery that existed on Jamaican sugar plantations, James brings up thorny issues of consent, desire, love, class, and power without resorting to clichés, presenting a story of such depth and humanity that you’ll want to spend hours picking apart the nuances even as you recover emotionally from this wrenching read.' Vogue, 'The Best Book Club Books for Your Next Group Read'