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Arthur Bryce Courtenay, AM (14 August 1933 – 22 November 2012) was a South African-Australian advertising director and novelist. He is one of Australia's best-selling authors, notable for his book The Power of One .
The Power of One is a novel by South African born, Australian author Bryce Courtenay, first published in 1989.Set in South Africa during the 1930s and 1940s, it tells the story of an English boy, who through the course of the story, acquires the name of Peekay.
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To write this book, I visited Gallipoli and came away deeply saddened by the terrible waste of our young blood. We would never be quite the same again. It has been a grand adventure and I hope that you will find Solomon's Song a good and powerful story. No writer can possibly hope for more".—Bryce Courtenay on book jacket.
Jack of Diamonds is a 2012 novel by Australian author Bryce Courtenay. [1] It is Courtenay's final novel, finished shortly before his death from stomach cancer. [2] [3]
The Potato Factory is a 1995 fictionalised historical novel by Bryce Courtenay, [1] which was made into a four-part miniseries in Australia in 2000. The book is the first in a three-part series, followed by Tommo & Hawk and Solomon's Song .
Jessica is a historical novel based on a true story [1] by Bryce Courtenay. It was published in 1998 and like other works from Courtenay covers several years in the life of the main character: Jessica Bergman. It was adapted into a mini-series starring Leeanna Walsman and Sam Neill which aired on Australian television in 2004.
The book was well received. [2] Cath Keannelly praised the book, especially the detail put into recreating the customs and places from Courtenay's early life. [ 3 ] Dianne Dempsey noted how the book contained autobiographical elements taken from Courtenay's upbringing in South Africa.