The Power of One

Author(s): Bryce Courtenay

Contemporary Fiction

First with your head and then with your heart.... So says Hoppie Groenewald, 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 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 of all ages. "It's hard to imagine a reader delivering his audience so completely to a foreign locale as Humphrey Bower does in this coming-of-age novel." --AudioFile  

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" "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" "From the Hardcover edition."

Bryce Courtenay was born in South Africa and has lived in Sydney for the major part of his life. He is the bestselling author of The Power of One, April Fool's Day, The Potato Factory, Tommo & Hawk, Jessica, Solomon's Song, Smoky Joe's Cafe, Four Fires, Whitethorn, and Brother Fish.

General Fields

  • : 9780143004554
  • : PENGUIN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
  • : Penguin
  • : 0.442
  • : June 2006
  • : 198mm X 137mm X 38mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Bryce Courtenay
  • : Paperback
  • : 1
  • : English
  • : very good