by Chris Salewicz (Author)
Chris Salewicz first visited Jamaica in 1978. It was a life-changing experience, and over the next twenty years he was to return many times. The Island of Springs' has a population of only 3 million but an impact on the world that far outweighs its size: from Bob Marley and reggae; through Obeah, voodoo and Rastafarianism; to, of course, ganja. Then there is piracy and slavery; political civil war; death squads or badmen', and Yardie' organised crime. In 1995 the house Chris was staying in was attacked by machete-wielding badmen', a terrifying sequence of events that gives the book its structure. Part travelogue, part history, part memoir, Rude Boy gives us the complete Jamaican experience: the music, the violence, the drugs, but also the beauty.
Format: Paperback
Pages: 272
Edition: New edition
Publisher: Phoenix
Published: 04 Oct 2001
ISBN 10: 0753812827
ISBN 13: 9780753812822
Book Overview: Features interviews with leading Jamaican spiritual figures (Haile Selassie's great-grandsons), musicians (Carlene 'the undisputed dancehall queen', Lee Perry, etc) and footballers (Tommy Boyd). Chris Salewicz is a well-known journalist and writer who has written for music magazines and the national press 'Beautifully executed, always illuminating and a top-ranking read' The Face 'Simply one of the best books ever written about Jamaica' Uncut 'A treat' Sunday Times.
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