Brother Fish bryce Courtenay

This is so worth the listen, really well read, and characterised well. As well as being quite an absorbing story, you learn a lot along the way, I'll be shopping for more of the same.

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Bryce Courtney books are full of believable characters and story lines .

The concept of Brother Fish is so good and as always I don’t want the story to end.
Humphrey Bowers is such a great narrator and adds so much to all of Bryce Courtney books.
Bryce is one of my favourite story tellers

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Excellent.

Excellent book. A great story, that is very well written and brilliantly read. Thoroughly enjoyed it.

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Gripping

As usual Humphrey Bower drew you in so well you were gripped from the outset. You do not know where this book is going at first however you have to keep listening. A story of courage, friendships and sorrow between three people from different worlds and class brought together and bonds formed that couldn’t ever be broken.
It’s one of the best I have listed to and worth every minute I gave it.

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courtney produces another triumph

My first experience of Bryce Courtenay was the moving Power of One which lifted my spirits at a time of personal anguish. His characters are so real and vibrant that his books can be an emotionally exhausting read as he subjects his beautiful flawed creations to the most awful trials and hardships. You just yearn for something to work out well for a change!
Here is another beautifully woven story, unfurling against the backdrop of the Korean war (which I knew little about). My heart stopped several times and fellow commuters looked strangely at me when I laughed aloud, sniffled back a tear or even gasped at the sudden dramas while sitting on the train.
If you are a fan of BC then you are going to love this book. If you are coming to him for the first time then please please listen to the Power of One - you will never forget it!

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A Cracking Good Yarn

I downloaded this because I remember reading 'The Power of One' many years ago and loved the story of triumph over adversity. My initial listen of this left me a little underwhelmed and there were throughout many over simplifications which my older self has raised an eyebrow to. So why five stars? Simple answer - a great story! In the end I just couldn't stop listening - I just had to know how it ended. Is this a great piece of literature - no. Is this a truly engaging and entertaining listen - yes and you can't say fairer than that!

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Bryce and Humphrey do it again

Humphrey Bower brings to life another of Bryce Courtney's epic histories. A story that needed to be told about the Korean War and the years either side.

Humphrey Bower is an astonishing narrator, bringing to life these amazing characters, created by Mr Courtney. After a huge amount of research, including talking to veterans of the conflict, this is a record of the time, for future generations to learn from.

From an everyday Aussie, through upper class English, Chinese, even a parrot, to the voice of the black American Jimmy impersonating an Irish man, with so many in-between, a thoroughly enjoyable listen.

Thank you for bringing this to us, Audible.

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Don't miss this one

I've listen to lots of great books, but this one is at the top with just a few others. I thought at first I'd made a mistake and selected a book solely about war - not so. It's a wonderful story that was totally engrossing and is brilliantly read. It was a real disappointment when I came to the end. Just don't miss this one.
By the way, I'm Jean not Rob - just in case you want a female critic.

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fabulous

Great story, from beginning to end. Long but worth it. I would definitely recommend

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A nominee for Best Book list.

One would be forgiven for thinking that this is an autobiography. I had to keep reminding myself that this is fiction, and yet the book has a definite sense of truth. There are harrowing images of the Korean war which must be first-hand descriptions of real experience. The prisoner of war experiences feel awfully truthful. Clearly a huge amount of research and many personal stories have been gathered to be welded together to construct a well crafted, very satisfying read. This is a book which will draw you in until you are thoroughly engrossed and reluctant to waste time sleeping when you could be listening. This is in no small part due to Humphrey Bower's outstanding ability to voice the characters. His range encompasses deep, dark African-American, Chinese both male and female, young and old, even an American-Chinese accent, not to mention shades of his native Australian and posh English. And for goodness sake he can sing in tune!
Bryce Courtenay has the ability to make his books very authentic. He can find the essence of what motivates the human heart and how people think and then show you what happens next. And he makes you want to find out.
The combination of narrator and author makes this an unmissable book. If you only buy one Audible book, make it this one.

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