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The Disappearers

Pages
616
Published
2026
Language
English

Synopsis

Kingston, Jamaica, 1988 — eight gay men rehearsing a play are attacked by a mob, and one is killed. The novel follows the survivors in the aftermath, tracing how each copes with trauma, rage, and the compromises demanded of them by a hostile society.

The Disappearers is from the Booker Prize-winning author of A Brief History of Seven Killings.

How it reads

Prose complexity 10/10
Content warnings (3)
ViolenceGraphic ViolenceTrauma