English language
Published May 3, 2015
John Crow's Devil
by Marlon James
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John Crow's Devil is the 2005 debut novel by author Marlon James. The book was first published by Akashic Books in New York. The story is set in 1957 in the fictional town of Gibbeah, Jamaica, where two men fight to be the town's singular religious leader. James portrays the fight between the two men as a struggle between good and evil and incorporates magical realism, with miracles woven into the plot similar.