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The Harder They Come

By - Thelwell, Michael
Floor - Floor 3
Published - Grove Press, New York, 1988, ©1980
ISBN 10 - 0802131387
ISBN 13 - 9780802131386
Book Status - 1 Qnty Available with us.
Subject - Jamaica
Shelf No - 3
Call Number - 813 THE
Physical Description - 399 pages ; 21 cm
Book Information
Like the acclaimed film of the same title, this lyrical, lilting, densely textured novel is based on the exploits of the legendary Jamaican folk hero and reggae star Rhygin. With passion and precision, Michael Thelwell recounts Rhygin's journey from a morally coherent rural universe to the teeming, predatory slums of Kingston, his rebellion against the poverty and corruption of postcolonial Jamaica, his blazing, simultaneous rise to the top of the charts and the Most Wanted list.

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