Black Leopard, Red Wolf (Paperback) by Marlon James

from Crazymamie

This book has been getting a lot of buzz, and I am feeling slightly sorry for Marlon James because, really, how you can possibly live up to all that hype. It's a bit of a burden. And while describing it as "an African Game of Thrones" is sure to make loads of readers pick up the book, in the end,...

from jnwelch

Black Leopard, Red Wolf is the first in an African fantasy trilogy by gifted Marlon James, the author of A Brief History of Seven Killings. I love how African folklore is being used to underpin so many books these days, as European fairy tales have for ages. This book is violent and bloody, and n...

from ozzer

Finishing BLACK LEOPARD, RED WOLF is a little like waking up from a horrible nightmare. This novel is filled with extreme violence, most of which is gratuitous. The protagonist/narrator is Tracker, a man whose superpower is "a nose." This means he can follow anyone by their scent. He contracts to...

from readingover50

I received a newsletter from the Mysterious Galaxy bookstore in San Diego. One of the hilited books of the month was Black Leopard, Red Wolf. Based on the small blurb about the book I thought it sounded interesting so I purchased it. After I bought the book, I kept seeing more and more blurbs and...

from angiestahl

Disclaimer: According to my kindle, I hung in for 20% of this and then bailed. YMMV, but this was not my cup o' noodles. Some history: I really, really want to be into Marlon James, but am now oh-for-two. I couldn't get A Brief History of Seven Killings to work for me. But then, Black Leopard Red...