The Australian Trilogy [Import] [Hardcover]

Bryce Courtenay (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 1696 pages
• Publisher: Penguin Books Ltd (July 12, 2000)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0670893897
• ISBN-13: 978-0670893898
• Product Dimensions: 9.1 x 6.1 x 2.3 inches
• Shipping Weight: 3.4 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 5.0 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (1 customer review)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #2,090,909 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

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5.0 out of 5 stars Comment on the audio edition, April 24, 2010

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V. H. Shaw "Music Lover" (S. yarmouth, MA United States) - See all my reviews
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Bryce Courtenay is an amazing writer from Australia; probably the best and the best known. His books are near impossible to find in the US without spending a fortune. Why they are not available in bookstores is a mystery. I have listened to all but three. This means 15 audio books! The Australian Trilogy consists of three books, The Potato Factory, Tommo and Hawk, and Solomon's Song. I will not give a synopsis here because it can be read in other reviews. Humphrey Bower, the reader is absolutely the best male reader I have ever listened to. I actually purchased this in book form to be able to share with my friends. Bryce Courtenay books are available in audio form. Once you start you will never stop until you read each one. Maybe his books are not sold here because they are stories about South Africa and Australia. What counts is that they are about the Human Condition, and the Human Condition is the same all over the world. The names and the places are different, but the stories he tells are about what humans experience no matter where they are. Love, hate, war, superb individuals and horrible, cruel, and sadistic individuals. Heroes, heroines, the downtrodden. Bryce Courtenay's books are populated by people of every color and creed. Humphrey Bower brings them all to life. He does accents brillantly. He makes you laugh and he makes you cry. Humphrey Bower does Bryce Courtenay proud.