Over one dramatic decade, a trio of Trenchtown R&B crooners, Peter Tosh, Bunny Wailer and Bob Marley, swapped their 1960s Brylcreem hairdos and two-tone suits for 1970s battle fatigues and dreadlocks to become the Wailers - one of the most influential groups in popular music. Now, one of our best and brightest non-fiction writers examines their shared story for the first time. Charting their complex relationship, their fluctuating fortunes, musical peak, and the politics and ideologies that provoked their split, Colin Grant shows us why they were not just extraordinary musicians, but also natural mystics. And, following a trail from Jamaica through Europe, America, Africa and back to the vibrant and volatile world of Trench Town, we travel in search of the last surviving Wailer. 'The three central characters, the force that they became together and the forces that drove them apart. are more vividly portrayed than in any previous biography' Daily Telegraph 'The myth-making that surrounds the memory of Bob Marley has largely obscured the contribution of his fellow Wailers, "Bunny" Livingston and Peter Tosh. I& I restores these two to their rightful position' New Statesman 'A highly evocative and original account of a misunderstood group, and the misunderstood man at its core' Literary Review 'Provides a lively introduction to the life and times of the Wailers and, incidentally, to the neo-African religions and animist cults of beautiful, bedevilled Jamaica' Sunday Times 'In Grant's hands life in Trench Town in the 1960's is energetic and theatrical, rich in comedy and tragic irony.This brilliant book is not just about Jamaica, but about ourselves' Guardian 'Grant has approached a well worn topic in a lively and different way.

rewardingly colourful, often revelatory' Metro.