Jamaican author Marlon James says he nearly gave up writing after his first novel,John Crow’s Devil, was rejected 78 times by publishersMarlon James, and the Jamaican winner of this year’s Man Booker prize for fiction,has revealed that he briefly abandoned writing after his first novel was rejected nearly 80 times. The author told BBC Radio 4’s nowadays programme he had not slept since A Brief History of Seven Killings was announced as the winner of the £50000 prize at a black-tie dinner at Guildhall in London on Tuesday night. Continue reading...
Source: theguardian.com