
Marlon James
Books and Authors
The Secret to Writing Women
The novel deals with the very origin of patriarchy and how it came through murder. It's not that I was actually trying to be topical or current, but female circumcision is still a reality. The A.E.C. is a sort of witch finder general who in this book is Sogolon's Mortal Enemy. And you're not being violent in a really visceral way, including female genital mutilation.
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