- Fiction, World War, 1939-1945, Children, Conduct of life
Follows Peekay, a white British boy in South Africa during World War II, between the ages of five and eleven, as he survives an abusive boarding school and goes on to succeed in life and the boxing ring, with help from a chicken, a boxer, a pianist, black African prisoners, and many others.
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Earnest, classical in form, resolved and grave.
- earnestironic
- classical in formformally daring
- resolvedopen-ended
- gravecomic
- effortlessdemanding
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About the book
- Author
- Bryce Courtenay
- First published
- 1989
- Pages
- 518
- Publisher
- Delacorte Press, Bolinda Audio Books,Australia, Heinemann
- Editions
- 18
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9781876584856
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