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Marlon James on His Follow-Up to Black Leopard, Red Wolf and the Importance of Fantasy
Marlon James began his Dark Star trilogy — aka “the African Game of Thrones” — with 2019’s highly acclaimed Black Leopard, Red Wolf, which is currently being adapted for the screen by Michael B. Jordan. The second book in the series, Moon Witch, Spider King, will be out February 15, 2022, but today, Gizmodo has the…
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First Details On The Dark Star Trilogy, Author Marlon James’ ‘African Game Of Thrones’
“African folklore is just as rich, and just as perverse as [Lord of the Rings],” Marlon James said in a Vulture interview more than a year ago, after winning the the prestigious Man Booker Prize for his sprawling crime opus A Brief History of Seven Killings. Today, the first few details of James’ fantasy cycle…