Black Leopard, Red Wolf

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Marlon James: Black Leopard, Red Wolf (2019, Penguin Books, Limited)

720 pages

English language

Published Aug. 8, 2019 by Penguin Books, Limited.

ISBN:
978-0-241-31558-3
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3 stars (1 review)

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3 stars

I honestly don't know what to think about this book. At first, I found it confusing. Then a while in I got into its groove and enjoyed it. Then found it a confusing again. The language can be hard to follow sometimes, which can be disjointing given that it seems to want to sort of be an adventure/action type thing and does at times flow in such a way, but then it constantly morphs and plays in other more complicated ways. Definitely worth reading and grappling with but I'm not sure it lived up to the critical praise for me. But maybe I missed something and need to reread it to really get it? Not sure.

Subjects

  • Fiction, fantasy, epic