The Harder They Come: A Novel
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Thelwell, Michael. Grove Press, 1980 (1st Evergreen Ed., 1st Printing). Softbound. Cover design by VanZee Associates. Thelwell adapted this novel from Perry Henzell's 1972 movie and received praise from Chinua Achebe for the work, who gave the novelist a new name, Ekwueme, an Igbo word meaning 'the man who always does what he says he will.' The cover includes a thumbnail of the original poster for the film—the first Jamaican feature—with art by John Bryant and design by prolific UK reggae album cover designers CCS Associates, who here foreground Tony Wenman's bottom-heavy display face, Bottleneck.
Tight, square, uncreased spine. Clean, unmarked interior. Light edge-wear and some sunning to the spine. 399 pp. Fiction.