# Event Details - **Event Name**: Marlon James at The Brattle Theatre - **Event Start and End Date**: Wed, 02 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm – Wed, 02 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm (-04:00) - **Event Description**: presenting The Disappearers: A Novel in conversation with Saeed JonesAbout this EventHarvard Book Store welcomes Marlon James—Booker Prize–winning and New York Times bestselling author of A Brief History of Seven Killings—for a discussion of his new novel, The Disappearers. He will be joined in conversation by Saeed Jones—prize-winning author and Lecturer on Global Health and Social Medicine at Harvard Medical School.TicketingTickets include admission for one and one hardcover copy of The Disappearers, pre-signed by the author.Note: Books bundled with tickets may only be picked up at the venue the night of the event, and cannot be picked up in-store beforehand. Ticket holders who purchased a book-included ticket and are unable to attend the event will be able to pick up their book at Harvard Book Store up to 30 days following the event. This offer expires after 30 days. Please note we cannot guarantee signed copies will be available to ticket holders who do not attend the event.About The DisappearersFrom Marlon James, author of the Booker Prize–winning A Brief History of Seven Killings: a propulsive novel about the M**der of a gay man in 1980s Jamaica and its tragic consequences.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 “battyman” 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 grapples with the violence, the hatred, and the rage that the attack made plain. Some try to ignore what the attack has unearthed, while others double down on retribution.In The Disappearers, Marlon James has written a riveting and deeply human story of men forced to make compromises to survive what the society they live in demands. It is both a dramatic page-turner and an unflinching exploration of queer life in Jamaica during the 1980s and 1990s.BiosMarlon James is the Booker Prize–winning and New York Times bestselling author of A Brief History of Seven Killings; the bestselling and National Book Award finalist Black Leopard, Red Wolf; as well as the bestselling Moon Witch, Spider King; The Book of Night Women; and John Crow’s Devil. In addition to the Booker Prize, James’s novels have won the American Book Award, the Anisfield-Wolf Book Award, the Dayton Literary Peace Prize, the OCM Bocas Prize for Caribbean Literature, and the Los Angeles Times Ray Bradbury Prize for Science Fiction, and have been finalists for the National Book Critics Circle Award and the NAACP Image Award. In 2019, Time magazine named him one of the one hundred most influential people in the world. Born in Jamaica, James lives in New York City. Photo Credit: Mark SeligerSaeed Jones is the author of the memoir How We Fight For Our Lives (Simon & Schuster), winner of the 2019 Kirkus Prize for Nonfiction and the poetry collection Prelude to Bruise (Coffee House Books), winner for the 2015 PEN/Joyce Osterweil Award for Poetry. His poetry and essays have appeared in the New Yorker, New York Times, Oxford American and GQ among other publications. His most recent book Alive at the End of the World (Coffee House Press) won the 2023 Anisfield-Wolf Book Award for Poetry. Jones teaches at the Media, Health and Medicine program at Harvard Medical School and lives in Cambridge, Massachusetts. His next book Home Out There, a memoir, is forthcoming from Washington Square Press. He co-hosts the podcast Vibe Check with Zach Stafford. - **Event URL**: https://allevents.in/cambridge/marlon-james-at-the-brattle-theatre/100001992832549802 - **Event Categories**: art, literary-art, theatre, health-wellness, science-fair, performances, entertainment - **Interested Audience**: - total_interested_count: 0 - **Event Highlights**: - Duration: 1 hour - Location: The Brattle Theatre - Languages: English ## Ticket Details - **Ticket Price Range**: min: 6.24, max: 45.09, currency: USD ## Event venue details - **city**: Cambridge - **state**: MA - **country**: United States - **location**: The Brattle Theatre - **lat**: 42.3735648 - **long**: -71.121443 - **full address**: The Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge, United States ## Event gallery - **Alt text**: Marlon James at The Brattle Theatre - **Image URL**: https://cdn-az.allevents.in/events10/banners/f78545a558b12f05ff1aeba27d505fe7296341b98c0f00be783a1e9fffc42244-rimg-w1200-h600-dc151617-gmir.jpg?v=1782835624 ## FAQs - **Q**: When and where is Marlon James at The Brattle Theatre being held? - **A:** Marlon James at The Brattle Theatre takes place on Wed, 02 Sep, 2026 at 06:00 pm to Wed, 02 Sep, 2026 at 07:00 pm at The Brattle Theatre, 40 Brattle St., Cambridge, United States. - **Q**: Who is organizing Marlon James at The Brattle Theatre? - **A:** Marlon James at The Brattle Theatre is organized by Harvard Book Store. - **Q**: What has been the experience of attendees at Harvard Book Store's events? - **A:** Attendees have given Harvard Book Store a rating of 5/5 based on reviews from early attendees on AllEvents. 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