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The Jamaican-Canadian novelist Horane Smith is one of those talented few who have captured the essence of reggae music in a literary form. Horane was born in Yardley Chase in the parish of St. Elizabeth, Jamaica, home of the famous tourist attraction Lover’s Leap. As a teenager he sang with a reggae group and grew up with an affinity for this musical art form for its social commentary, as well as its stories of the struggle of a people to confront the challenges in their lives. As an adult, he began a career in journalism at the government information bureau in Jamaica then moved on to Jamaica’s first community radio station, JBC Radio West, where he was a freelance producer. Through these efforts he won a scholarship to the University of the West Indies to study Mass Communication. He and his family later immigrated to Canada where he continued his journalism duties for JBC-TV and writing columns for Jamaican newspapers. He has extended his writing talents and authored four books that have been well received: Lover’s Leap: Based on the Jamaican Legend, Underground to Freedom, Port Royal, the Lynching Stream. His fifth novel, Reggae Silver, is now being introduced during Black History Month and on Bob’s Marley birthday, February 6th.
Reggae Silver, published by American Book Publishing and available at a discount online at the Publisher Direct Bookstore, is the story of young Jamaican singer who moved to New York to study and seek his musical fortunes. Imprisoned innocently and faced with deportation, the singer must prove he was guiltless, find his missing girlfriend, deal with an unscrupulous music producer and bring the true culprits to justice. Most of all, he wanted to fulfill his mother’s wish—to become a reggae superstar.
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