So Much Things to Say The Oral History of Bob Marley [Paperback]

Steffenss guiding hand draws a portrait with empathy and respect. [He] accepts the mystery inherent in any honest history, and the result is a landmark.Majestic.Steffens identifies many more pieces of [Marley] than have ever before been put together in one book.A complete portrait.& Calls on many voices to recall the one iconic voice.Compulsively readable, exquisitely researched.[If Bob Marley is Jesus in these times, Roger Steffens is Peter.An invaluable insight into the life and times of one of the great pop culture figures of the twentieth century.& Endlessly fascinating.All true gospels are shaped by the accounts of eyewitnesses who walked with the one we speak of. Roger Steffens has collected these accounts and has given us a book of truths complicated by the bending of memory, motive and mystery. The effect is a fresh and renewed affirmation of Marleys genius, humanity and mystique. This book is a triumph of the storytelling virtuosity of Jamaican people, and a testament to the care and glorious obsessions of Roger Steffens.By far the most important and definitive book written about Bob Marley.Reggaes chief eyewitness, dropping testimony on reggaes chief prophet with truth, blood, and fire. Marlon James, Man Booker Prizewinning author