So Much Things to Say: The Oral History of Bob Marley

Roger Steffens’s sprawling but compelling biography is a fitting tribute to Jamaica’s favourite son. Neil Spencer provides a detailed review of the book that explores the life of Bob Marley, drawing on interviews with 75 assorted relatives, band members, fellow travellers and lovers, as well as Steffens's own research. The biography covers Marley's impoverished beginnings, his rise to international stardom, his musical genius, connection to Rastafarianism, and the political climate of Jamaica in the late 1970s.