The Potato Factory

Author(s): Bryce Courtenay

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Ikey Solomon's favourite saying is also his way of doing business. And in the business of thieving, he's very successful indeed. Ikey's partner in crime is his mistress, the forthright Mary Abacus, until misfortune befalls them. They are parted and each must make the harsh journey from thriving nineteenth-century London to the convict settlement of Van Diemen's Land.In the backstreets and dives of Hobart Town, Mary learns the art of brewing and builds the Potato Factory, where she plans a new future. But her ambitions are threatened by Ikey's wife, Hannah, her old enemy. The two women raise their separate families, one legitimate and the other bastard. As each woman sets out to destroy the other, the families are brought to the edge of disaster.'Courtenay offers an ersatz Dickens novel, a sort of Australian Oliver! but without the music.' Sunday Agebrycecourtenay.comfacebook.com/BryceCourtenay 


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Bryce Courtenay was born in South Africa and has lived in Sydney for the major part of his life. He is the bestselling author of The Power of One, April Fool's Day, The Potato Factory, Tommo & Hawk, Jessica, Solomon's Song, Smoky Joe's Cafe, Four Fires, Whitethorn and Brother Fish.

General Fields

  • : 9780143004561
  • : PENGUIN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
  • : Penguin
  • : 0.596
  • : May 2006
  • : 199mm X 134mm X 49mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Bryce Courtenay
  • : Paperback
  • : English
  • : 823.3