Jack Of Diamonds
$27.26
- Paperback
720 pages
- Release Date
2 January 2014
Summary
Set across three continents, Jack of Diamonds is a spellbinding story of chance, music, corruption and love - and Bryce Courtenay’s last novel.
During the Great Depression there was little hope for a boy born into the slums of Cabbagetown, Toronto. But Jack Spayd is offered a ticket out in the form of a Hohner harmonica, won by his brutal drunken father in a late-night card game. Jack makes music as a way of escaping his surroundings, and his talent leads him to a jazz club and, event…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143571049 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143571044 |
| Author: | Bryce Courtenay |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 720 |
| Release Date: | 2 January 2014 |
| Weight: | 476g |
| Dimensions: | 45mm x 127mm x 198mm |
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Bryce Courtenay
The late Bryce Courtenay was the bestselling author of:
- The Power of One
- Tandia
- April Fool’s Day
- The Potato Factory
- Tommo & Hawk
- Solomon’s Song
- Jessica
- A Recipe for Dreaming
- The Family Frying Pan
- The Night Country
- Smoky Joe’s Cafe
- Four Fires
- Matthew Flinders’ Cat
- Brother Fish
- Whitethorn
- Sylvia
- The Persimmon Tree
- Fishing for Stars
- The Story of Danny Dunn
- Fortune Cookie
- Jack of Diamonds
- The Silver Moon: Reflections and Stories on Life, Death and Writing
The Power of One is also available in an edition for younger readers, and Jessica has been made into an award-winning television miniseries.
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