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When Mary Abacus dies, she leaves her business empire in the hands of the warring Solomon family. Hawk Solomon is determined to bring together both sides of the tribe - but it is the new generation who must fight to change the future.
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Earnest, classical in form, grave and epic.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- gravecomic
- intimateepic
- character-ledplot-driven
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About the book
- Author
- Bryce Courtenay
- First published
- 1999
- Pages
- 671
- Publisher
- Penguin, Viking, Penguin Publishing
- Editions
- 6
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780141942223
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A South-African-born naturalized Australian novelist and one of Australia's most commercially successful authors.
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