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Tommo and Hawk

By: Bryce Courtenay
Binding: Mass Market Paperback
Publisher: Penguin Books Australia Ltd
ISBN: 0140271562
ISBN-13: 9780140271560
Released: 30 Jun 1999
RRP: £8.99
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Educational ,enthralling and a pleasure to read - By: , 14 Jul 1999
Bryce Courtenay has a passion for humanity that I have never ever seen in contemporary fiction. Tommo & Hawk are such brilliantly defined characters & their whole universe is so meticulously researched & so lovingly portrayed, that not only is this book a good story (the way stories used to be good) but it is also very educational & more than a little thought provoking. Anyone who is familiar with "Power of One" will once again experience the absolute torrent of emotions that has become the norm when reading one of his books. This book is about two brothers coming of age together in a very violent land (Australia & New Zealand in the 1860'S) & coming to terms with their own demons while trying to survive the actions of a misguided bible bashing sea Captain, a war,a murder conviction, an unscrupulous gambler & worst of alll their own brutal past. All this plays out against a landscape that you can tell the author is knowledeable about & cares for very deeply. Although this no "Power of One" (it's difficult not to compare), Bryce Courtenay writes with a passion & an authority that takes you places & shows you things you forgot were possible. And after alll, isn't that what a good book is supposed to do?