Marlon James, winner of the 2015 Man Booker Prize, almost gave up his writing career after receiving 70 rejections for his first novel.
The Jamaican author was so despondent that he deleted the novel, John Crow's Devil, from his hard drive and it was only at the urging of a fellow writer that he was persuaded to recover the story and finally saw it published in 2005.
Two novels later, he is the first Jamaican winner of the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for his book A Brief History of Seven Killings, triumphing in a shortlist that included the veteran author Anne Tyler and the bookmakers' favourite Hanya Yanagihara.
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The Jamaican author was so despondent that he deleted the novel, John Crow's Devil, from his hard drive and it was only at the urging of a fellow writer that he was persuaded to recover the story and finally saw it published in 2005.
Two novels later, he is the first Jamaican winner of the £50,000 Man Booker Prize for his book A Brief History of Seven Killings, triumphing in a shortlist that included the veteran author Anne Tyler and the bookmakers' favourite Hanya Yanagihara.
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