Black Leopard, Red Wolf

Name: Black Leopard, Red Wolf
ISBN: 9780525542773

by Marlon James · first published 2019

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Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: "He has a nose," people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search for the boy. The band is a hodgepodge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a shape-shifting man-animal known as Leopard. As Tracker follows the boy's scent--from one ancient city to another; into dense forests and across deep rivers--he and the band are set upon by creatures intent on

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avnigo · Aug 19, 2021 · Recommends

…Wayward Children (series) https://us.macmillan.com/series/waywardchildren/ - The Space Between Worlds https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/610612/the-space-be... * Will Mess With Your Head - Black Leopard, Red Wolf https://www.penguinrandomhouse.com/books/561305/black-leopar... - Southern Reach (series) https://us.macmillan.com/series/thesouthernreachtrilogy/ - The Echo Wife https://us.macmillan.com/books/9781250174666…
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roughly · Sep 24, 2024 · Recommends

…the question - authors with unique perspectives - if you haven’t read anything by Ursula Le Guin, you really owe it to yourself to do so. For work that explicitly draws on other cultural backgrounds, Black Leopard Red Wolf by Marlon James is fantastic, and someone else mentioned Nnedi Okorafor, whose whole catalog is great. Ken Liu’s Dandelion Dynasty series is also worth a read.
on “Ask HN: Sci-fi recommendations by non-western authors?” ↗
caidan · Dec 2, 2024 · Recommends

…what's been good reads for the last quarter century(!). It's heavily biased tothings that have sold well in the past few years. That said, the books on here are quite good. I'd definitely recommend Black Leopard, Red Wolf if you want fantasy from completely different story genetics (non-Tolkien). Priory is more traditional but good fun. Not on this list that I thought were particularly excellent, [goodreads rating in…
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john-radio · Dec 16, 2019 · Mentions

"And Then There Were None" by Agatha Christie "The Left Hand of Darkness" by Ursula Le Guin "This Is How You Lose The Time War" by Amal El-Mohtar "Priestdaddy" by Patricia Lockwood "Black Leopard, Red Wolf" by Marlon James "Consider Phlebas," and maybe the rest of The Culture series of novels, by Iain Banks
on “Ask HN: Books you plan to read in 2020?” ↗
syndacks · Jan 5, 2020 · Critical

Somewhat orthogonal, I've never been so disappointed by a follow up work than I have with Marlon James; from Brief History of Seven Killings to Black Leopard Red Wolf (the most abandoned book on the "to" list). Seems I'm not alone in this feeling!
on “The Most Abandoned Books on GoodReads (2019)” ↗
jayroh · Jan 6, 2020 · Critical

About a week ago I put down "Black Leopard Red Wolf" after a few hundred pages and absolutely little desire to continue slogging through it. So when I saw the book on this list and blog post mentioned often throughout - ha. I had to chuckle. As many others…
on “The Most Abandoned Books on GoodReads (2019)” ↗