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. Directed by Holly Blakey and produced in partnership with Park Pictures. #BookerPrize #BookerPrize2026 #BookTok #ShortFilm #Filmtok @Penguin Books UK