Marlon James on growing up in Jamaica obsessed with Michael Jackson

Marlon James, author of The Book of Night Women, writes for Granta about growing up with the King of Pop: "Michael Jackson lost his childhood but he extended mine. He could moonwalk as if gravity was just a theory and Peter Pan fact. He could claim to be a virgin and make every nerd instantly cooler. By imitating Jackson I found a way to be me without being made fun of."