A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS by Marlon James has been awarded the 2015 Man Booker Prize for Fiction. The 44-year-old James, now a resident in Minneapolis, is the first Jamaican author to win the prize in its 47-year history.

The Man Booker Prize promotes the finest in fiction by rewarding the very best book of the year. The prize is the world's most important literary award and has the power to transform the fortunes of authors and publishers.

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2015 Winner

• A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS by Marlon James (Oneworld Publications)

2015 Shortlist

• A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS by Marlon James (Oneworld Publications)
• SATIN ISLAND by Tom McCarthy (Jonathan Cape)
• THE FISHERMEN by Chigozie Obioma (ONE, Pushkin Press)
• THE YEAR OF THE RUNAWAYS by Sunjeev Sahota (Picador)
• A SPOOL OF BLUE THREAD by Anne Tyler (Chatto & Windus)
• A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara (Picador)

   

2015 Longlist

• DID YOU EVER HAVE A FAMILY by Bill Clegg (Jonathan Cape)            
• THE GREEN ROAD by Anne Enright (Jonathan Cape)
• A BRIEF HISTORY OF SEVEN KILLINGS by Marlon James (Oneworld Publications)
• THE MOOR'S ACCOUNT by Laila Lalami (Periscope, Garnet Publishing)
• SATIN ISLAND by Tom McCarthy (Jonathan Cape)
• THE FISHERMEN by Chigozie Obioma (ONE, Pushkin Press)
• THE ILLUMINATIONS by Andrew O’Hagan (Faber & Faber)
• LILA by Marilynne Robinson (Virago)            
• SLEEPING ON JUPITER by Anuradha Roy (MacLehose Press, Quercus)
• THE YEAR OF THE RUNAWAYS by Sunjeev Sahota (Picador)
• THE CHIMES by Anna Smaill (Sceptre)
• A SPOOL OF BLUE THREAD by Anne Tyler (Chatto & Windus)
• A LITTLE LIFE by Hanya Yanagihara (Picador)