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An extraordinary author dead at 79

23 Nov 12:30pm

Filed under: Author, Books, Bryce Courtenay, Death, Life

The best-selling novelist Bryce Courtenay is dead at 79, after a battle with stomach cancer.

The acclaimed author has sold more than 20 million copies of his novels. He’ll particularly be remembered for The Power of One, the story of South African boy Peekay growing up under apartheid.

April Fool’s Day, Courtenay’s 1993 foray into non-fiction, was another of his best reads. Fools told the story of his son Damon, who had haemophilia, and Damon’s partner Celeste.

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sunny says:

05:16pm | 23/11/12

Interesting read St. Michael you’re not a bad writer yourself. I was not a huge fan of Bryce’s work either (it’s just that I love non-fiction a lot more than fiction) but agree on your first point, there was something extremely positive about the bloke when he spoke - he… Read more »
Reg Whiteman says:

04:01pm | 23/11/12

Yes it was. As many others have mentioned it was a book that, once read, never needed re-reading. It stayed with you forever. I read it when it first came out about 20 years ago and still remember so many incidents: the “professor” at the hospital; the fall in the… Read more »

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