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Bryce Courtenay

The Power of One

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First with your head and then with your heart…

So says Hoppie Groenwald, boxing champion, to a seven-year-old boy who dreams of being the welterweight champion of the world. For the young Peekay, it is a piece of advice that he will carry with him throughout his life. Born in a South Africa divided by racism and hatred, this one small boy will come to lead all the tribes of Africa. Through enduring friendships with Hymie and Gideon, Peekay gains the strength he needs to win out. And in a final conflict with his childhood enemy, the Judge, Peekay will fight to the death for justice.

Bryce Courtenay’s classic bestseller is a story of the triumph of the human spirit – a spellbinding tale for all ages.

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Bryce Courtenay, South African-born Australian author (1933 – 2012), achieved astonishing success with his first novel, The Power of One (1989). The book was written when he was in his mid-50s, and he proceeded to produce a blockbuster novel nearly every year thereafter, becoming one of the most prolific and popular writers in Australia.

The Power of One told the story of Peekay, an English-speaking boy growing up under colourful and difficult circumstances in South Africa in the 1940s, a tale that Courtenay said closely mirrored his own experiences, though it later emerged that he had embellished the story of his life. As a young man he moved to London, where he studied journalism; he relocated to Australia in 1958 and worked as an advertising copy writer and creative director before starting his own agency. Courtenay’s 21 books include The Potato Factory (1995), Jessica (1998), Jack of Diamonds (2011), and his only nonfiction work, April Fool’s Day (1993), an account of the death of one of his sons from HIV acquired from a blood transfusion. Courtenay was made a member of the Order of Australia in 1995.

‘The Power of One has everything: suspense, the exotic, violence; mysticism, psychology and magic; schoolboy adventures, drama in the boxing ring.’ The New York Times

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