Marlon James agreed to do this interview about Bob Dylan by phone from New York in the summer of 2022. His novel A Brief History of Seven Killings, with its brilliant kaleidoscopic voices, is a book that stays with the reader a long time. The story unfolds partly in 1976 during a turbulent time in Jamaica, and the intense many-sided narrative circles around the iconic artist Bob Marley.
I wanted to interview Marlon because it was clear how a musician’s impact was felt deep inside the lives of his characters—and I wanted to talk to him about his thoughts on another musician.
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