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	• Catch a Fire: The Life of Bob Marley Timothy White Holt Paperbacks, 2006 - 576 pages average customer review:based on 58 reviews view larger image
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highly recommended

It kept me interested

Catch a Fire is as much about Jamaican politics, Jamaican music history, Rastafarianism, and Jamaican folk customs and belief in the supernatural as it is about Bob Marley. What you get about Marley covers his childhood at least as much as the time when he was a famous musician. At least a third of this covers the post death Marley situation with way too much for my interest about the legal wranglings over his estate after he died. You never really get inside of his head or get a true feel for the man. Bob Marley remains a mysterious figure. One fault the book has is White comes at it too much from a fan or groupie perspective not being as objective as he should have by buying into the mythology around Marley more than he should have. For example he often speaks of horrible things happening to people who wronged Bob Marley in one way or another, more than slightly hinting at some sort of supernatural force avenging for him, or Marley himself having the ability to lay curses upon people. You can't really deny that Marley had a supernatural vibe going on, but in this case I think White should have been more objective. You also get wild accounts of instances of Bob Marley, Rita Marley and Peter Tosh being assaulted by a supernatural entity.

If you get this book for an analysis of Marleys music you will be disappointed. I mainly was interested in reading it because I wanted to learn more about the political side of Bob Marley and the allegations by some that his cancer was a result of being dosed by the CIA. There is a fair amount of the political stuff, more or less nothing on the cancer conspiracy theory but overall the book kept me interested.

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The book came lightening fast and was in brand new condition. I would recommend this seller and would definitely purchase from them again.

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Bob Marley

Highly recommend this book, the author will make you feel like you right next to Bob, and also give you an overview as if you're 'following' along, looking over or riding, right on Bob's shoulders. It has definetly made me understand Bob and humanity better... highly recommend this book

catch a fire the life of bob marley

I bought the book for my son who is a big fan of Bob Marley and he told me I selected an exllencent book. The book contained good imformation about Bob Marley's life. He was very pleased with my choice of books for him. Thanks Pamela Olsen

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The classic biography of reggae legend Bob Marley, updated and revised for the twenty-fifth anniversary of his death

Bob Marley left an indelible mark on modern music, both as a reggae pioneer and as an enduring cultural icon. Catch a Fire, now a classic of rock biography, delves into the life of the leader of a musical, spiritual, and political explosion that continues today.

Under the supervision of the author?s widow and with the collaboration of a Marley expert, this fourth edition contains a wealth of new material, including many revisions made by the author before his untimely death. An appendix to the new edition chronicles Marley?s legacy in recent years, as well as the ongoing controversy over the possibility that Marley?s remains might be exhumed from Nine Mile, Jamaica, and reburied in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, where hundreds of Rastafarians live. The new edition also contains an expanded discography and is factually updated throughout.

?Probably the finest biography ever written about a popular musician.?
?San Francisco Chronicle

?As close as rock journalism comes to transcendent literature.?
?Playboy

?White has a deep appreciation for reggae?s immediacy, hypnotic power, and contradictions . . . An exhaustively researched labor of love.?
?Chicago Sun-Times

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