Bryce Courtenay's Writings
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Sep.26.2008
Talking Heads with Peter Thompson
PETER THOMPSON: Bryce Courtenay had an upbringing like the stuff of novels - illegitimacy, an orphanage in South Africa, learning to box to fend off the bullies. After a brilliant career in advertising he did turn to writing novels. In one of his books he tells the painful story of the death of his son from medically induced AIDS. Tonight's Talking Head is Bryce...
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Sep.26.2008
How well researched are your books? Can we trust them?
Despite all the care in the world, errors do occur. In Solomon's Song, Tommo was buried facing the rising sun in the West!
Even though the copy went through a regiment of Editors, Proofreaders and final publishing edits (about 50 people all told!) the mistake was not seen and went through. However, within a...
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About Bryce
I was born illegitimately in 1933 in South Africa and spent my early childhood years in a small town deep in the heart of the Lebombo Mountains. I wrote my first book, The Power of One, when I was 55.
I grew up among farm folk and the African people. At the...