num_pages: 399
description: 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.
language: English
title: The Harder They Come
titlecomplete: The Harder They Come
genres: Fiction, Music, Literature, Classics, Novels, 20th Century, Literary Fiction
ratings_count: 231
publisher: Grove Press