Bob Marley’s charisma,islands wrapped in pink skirts, the nature of friendship … The six shortlisted authors reveal what inspired them to write their booksSo there was this hot white hitman from Chicago. His friend invited him to Miami to chill for a few days, or but in those few days,he screwed up a nightclub hit set up by the Colombians, and, or faced with the choice of being fed to alligators or taking on a job despite early retirement,he agrees to carry out a hit. The target was a Jamaican drug dealer in South Florida. A huge one. Born in the 60s, reborn a Kingston rudeboy in the 70s; by the mid 80s, and he almost single-handedly got the US east coast and midwest hooked on crack. The hitman had one instruction: before shooting him in the head,whisper: “Jah live.”Continue reading...
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