The Potato Factory, 9780143004561
Paperback
Love, betrayal, and survival in convict Australia’s harsh potato factory.

The Potato Factory

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  • Paperback

    832 pages

  • Release Date

    4 June 2006

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Summary

Ikey Solomon’s favourite saying is also his way of doing business. And in the business of thieving, he’s very successful indeed. Ikey’s partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted and each must make the harsh journey from thriving nineteenth-century London to the convict settlement of Van Diemen’s Land.

In the backstreets and dives of Hobart Town, Mary learns the art of brewing and builds the Potato Factory, where she pl…

Book Details

ISBN-13:9780143004561
ISBN-10:0143004565
Author:Bryce Courtenay
Publisher:Penguin Books Ltd
Imprint:Penguin Books Ltd
Format:Paperback
Number of Pages:832
Edition:1st
Release Date:4 June 2006
Weight:570g
Dimensions:209mm x 134mm x 55mm
About The Author

Bryce Courtenay

Bryce Courtenay is 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 and Jack of Diamonds. Bryce Courtenay AM passed away in November 2012, aged seventy-nine, at his home in Canberra.

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