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The Power of One

By: Bryce Courtenay
Narrated by: Humphrey Bower
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 "First with your head and then with your heart." So says Hoppie Groenewald, boxing champion, to a seven-year-old boy who dreams of being the welterweight champion of the world. For the young Peekay, it is a piece of advice he will carry with him throughout his life.

Born in a South Africa divided by racism and hatred, this one small boy will come to lead all the tribes of Africa. Through enduring friendships with Hymie and Gideon, Peekay gains the strength he needs to win out. And in a final conflict with his childhood enemy, the Judge, Peekay will fight to the death for justice.

©2013 Christine Courtenay (P)2014 Bolinda Publishing Pty Ltd Fiction Historical Fiction Heartfelt Combat Sports Boxing Inspiring Thought-Provoking

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Why You Should Download This Audiobook: Good character dramas are best shared with others, like good wine on special occasions. Bryce Courtenay's wonderful story of a child coming of age in a country ripped apart by racism is such a vintage—rich and complex, an experience you'll want to talk about long after the last words are spoken.
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Reason for ERGH is that I've finished it - wow I loved this book - some of the sentences are life changing quotes. As Peekay says "with the head and then with the heart".

Use your head and buy this book and with your heart you will love it forever.

Can't wait to listen to Tandia.

P.S. Humphrey Bower's reading is superb my congratulations to him

ERGH!!!!

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A real page turner of a book that is loosely based around the authors own experiences as a young boy growing up in South Africa during the second world war. One of the best books I've listened to in ages. Great story, wonderfully narrated.

Epic story beautifully told

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This is the first Bruce Courtenay book I have read & it will not be my last. I enjoyed the book from the beginning to the end, story line was good I didn't want it to be over. Narration was first class.

Irene

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I read this book when I was much younger and I remember at the time that it made a huge impression on me. Second time round it has lost none of its original impact. Just one great fabulous book!

Epic

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I remember reading this book in the 90s when I was at school in South Africa. It was one of the most powerful stories I'd ever read at that stage. It remains an incredible story and is narrated beautifully. The various accents and use of Afrikaans and Zulu words is very well done. I'm off to listen to Tandia next.

Beautiful uplifting story.

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Gripping and believable! Having travelled to South Africa in the early nineties the way the author depicts the racism and bias of the many sides of the fence is like no other. Not a Wilber Smith adventure more of a African Hemingway in my opinion. Worth every penny and the narration is of such a high quality that you keep listening when really you should be doing other things...... like working.

Great Listening

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Incredible story. Thank you.

LOL at the bad South African accent and funny mispronunciations of various words 😜

Wow!

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the book was recommended to me but it is too slow in getting to the points. we all like different things but to me this laboured points. the author did though keep a grasp of all of his characters.

dissapointed

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The narration was amazing better than reading the book myself. Fantastically talented actor. Would reccommend

Exceptional

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I am thoroughly enjoying the book and the story is gripping, but as a South African listening to this I found the bad South African accent very distracting. It would have been so much more genuine if a South African narrator had read the story. The English accents sounded Dutch and the afrikaans accents just sounded odd.

Brilliant story, bad accent narration

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