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Though strangers to one another, they share an inescapable truth: All of them are gay. And they live in a world that refuses to accept them. One night the men are savagely beaten and one of them is killed. As their bodies heal, the survivors begin to face the hatred and contempt that the violence laid bare. Some try to ignore what happened. Others double down on retribution. Some disappear completely. In this spellbinding novel, Marlon James has written a propulsive crime story that is also a deeply human account of connection and acceptance. Full of fascinating characters, biting humor, and unapologetic sex, The Disappearers is both a thrilling page-turner and a finely etched portrait of queer life.","forthcoming":true,"isbn13":"9798217568567","publication_date":"20261215","publisher":"Diversified Publishing","slug":"the-disappearers","subtitle":"A Novel","title":"The Disappearers"},"discovery":{"categories":{"all":[{"bisac_code":"FIC011000","confidence_band":"unbanded","label":"Gay Fiction","score":0.92,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"FIC091000","confidence_band":"unbanded","label":"Caribbean & West Indies Fiction","score":0.53,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"FIC019000","confidence_band":"unbanded","label":"Literary Fiction","score":0.46,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"hint":[{"bisac_code":"FIC011000","confidence_band":"unbanded","label":"Gay Fiction","score":0.92,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"FIC091000","confidence_band":"unbanded","label":"Caribbean & West Indies Fiction","score":0.53,"source":"bisac_hint_model"},{"bisac_code":"FIC019000","confidence_band":"unbanded","label":"Literary Fiction","score":0.46,"source":"bisac_hint_model"}],"publisher":[{"bisac_code":"FIC011000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Gay Fiction","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"FIC019000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Literary Fiction","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"},{"bisac_code":"FIC091000","confidence_band":"high","label":"Caribbean & West Indies Fiction","score":1,"source":"onix_publisher_code"}]},"genres":[{"label":"Gay Fiction","score":0.92,"slug":"gay-fiction"},{"label":"Caribbean & West Indies Fiction","score":0.53,"slug":"caribbean-west-indies-fiction"},{"label":"Literary Fiction","score":0.46,"slug":"literary-fiction"}],"reader_fit":["For readers interested in queer life in 1980s Jamaica","For readers drawn to propulsive crime stories about violence and its consequences"],"related_lists":[],"series":null,"similar_books":[{"authors":["Eric Cervini"],"book_id":"9781250798503","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781250798503.jpg?v=4b4190dcbbfa3538","score":0.591,"title":"The Deviant's War","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781250798503"},{"authors":["Lev AC Rosen"],"book_id":"9781464252853","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781464252853.jpg?v=3c1114f1bbd75645","score":0.5772,"title":"The Disaster Gay Detective Agency","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781464252853"},{"authors":["Andrew Holleran","Garth Richard Greenwell","Garth Greenwell"],"book_id":"9780063320062","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780063320062.jpg?v=db5ce2d008048927","score":0.576,"title":"Dancer From the Dance","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780063320062"},{"authors":["Mr. Gareth Russell","Gareth Russell"],"book_id":"9781668049686","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781668049686.jpg?v=b8ae03ef293ebc48","score":0.5755,"title":"The Six Loves of James I","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781668049686"},{"authors":["Harry Tanner"],"book_id":"9781399422291","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781399422291.jpg?v=f2867a41c2551c16","score":0.5727,"title":"The Queer Thing About Sin","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781399422291"},{"authors":["Josh Silver"],"book_id":"9798892426374","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9798892426374.jpg?v=024c6b1416ec367e","score":0.5716,"title":"Fruit Fly","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9798892426374"},{"authors":["Colin Channer"],"book_id":"9781617750748","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9781617750748.jpg?v=fdba3f32f93a7495","score":0.5667,"title":"Kingston Noir","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9781617750748"},{"authors":["Dr. Anthony Delaney","Anthony Delaney"],"book_id":"9780802165961","cover_image_url":"https://img.bookfrontier.com/9780802165961.jpg?v=14eac3264bdfd06d","score":0.5654,"title":"Queer Enlightenments","url":"https://bookfrontier.com/books/9780802165961"}],"topics":[],"what_you_get":["Themes: Queer life and acceptance, Violence and retribution, Connection amid hatred.","Pacing: fast, momentum-driven storytelling.","Reading lane: Gay Fiction and Caribbean & West Indies Fiction."]},"llm_signals":{"confidence":0.94,"pacing":"fast","reader_fit":["For readers interested in queer life in 1980s Jamaica","For readers drawn to propulsive crime stories about violence and its consequences"],"themes":["Queer life and acceptance","Violence and retribution","Connection amid hatred"],"tropes":[]},"source_presence":{"amazon":true,"book_detail":true,"goodreads":true,"llm_signals":true,"similarity_seed":true},"stats":{"amazon_ratings_count":0,"goodreads_ratings_count":1,"goodreads_reviews_count":1,"quality_score":0.8135}}