I just finished reading Bryce Courtenay's biography 'April Fool's Day' about Bryce's late son Damon's passing with AIDS, which Damon got from a blood transfusion in the late 80s.
I originally found a tatted paperback copy of it in a street library, but a few months later found a hard back copy and then donated my paperback copy to a street library -
Ironically, I had a bad flu the last two weeks, as I finished reading the book.
I had just finished reading Bryce's final novel 'Jack of Diamonds' before I picked up and read 'April Fool's Day'.
'Jack of Diamonds' is only one of two novels I have read of Bryce Courtenay's novels, the other being 'Fortune Cookie', his second last novel.
I thought it was ironic that I should finish the book on August 16th, which happens to be 'National Authenticity Day':-)
I'd also been listening to podcasts about Bryce Courtenay over the last few weeks, mainly from his son Adam's POV, as well as his last wife Christine's POV.
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| Christine Courtenay: on the life and legacy of Bryce Courtenay |
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| The Power of Two |
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| Arthur Bryce Courtenay, AM (14 August 1933 – 22 November 2012) |
I found the books of his that I have read tedious reads, and while they are good books, they aren't great books in my opinion, and that's probably it for me as far as reading any more of Bryce's books go.
All 3 books I have read of Bryce's I either bought for a few dollars at Op Shops or found in street libraries, and my plan was to re-donate 'April Fool's Day' once I finished reading it, until I found out that Bryce had signed the copy I had.
So, I asked my son if he wanted the book since it was signed by Bryce and it's now sitting in my son's bookcase:-)
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