Watch Paterson Joseph read from The Disappearers, the Booker Prize 2026-shortlisted book by Marlon James.
The story so far: In 1988, eight men in Kingston, Jamaica, begin rehearsals for a play. The men are strangers to one another and each has a different reason for being involved. But they all share one inescapable truth: all of them are gay – a ‘batty man’ in Jamaican argot – and all of them must contend with the dangers that such a truth lays bare. One night a mob savagely attacks them, killing one of the men. For the survivors, their recovery is as much emotional as it is physical: as their bodies heal, each man must grapple with the violence, the hatred, and the rage that the attack made plain.
Discover the book:
thebookerprizes.com/the-booker-library/books/the-disappearers
Directed by Holly Blakey and produced in partnership with Park Pictures.
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Director: Holly Blakey
Executive Producer: Shelley Jones, Nat Baring
Production Company: Park Pictures
Booker Prizes team...