Kingston, December 3, 1976. Two days before a peace concert organized by the ruling party, in a climate of extreme political tension, seven armed men burst into Bob Marley's home. The singer is shot in the chest and arm. However, on the scheduled date, he will bring together more than 80,000 people for a historic concert.

Built like a vast epic fresco inhabited by dozens of characters – politicians, journalists, CIA agents, drug barons and gang members – this monumental book forcefully questions power, money, racism, inequalities and violence in the world.

A swaying, syncopated style of virtuoso lightness. Virginie Bloch-Lainé, Liberation.

A dizzying polyphonic work. Gilles Heuré, Télérama.

A world novel as ambitious as it is intelligent. With its darkness, its tones and its depth, a book of size to captivate all readers. Hubert Hartus, Read.

MAN BOOKER PRIZE.

Translated from English (Jamaica) by Valérie Malfoy.