Een Britse jongen, die opgroeit in het turbulente Zuid-Afrika van de jaren veertig en vijftig, leert uit te stijgen boven de vernederende strijd tussen blank en zwart, Brit en boer, christen en jood.
Story of Peekay, an English boy, living in South Africa during World War II whose dream is to become a winner.
In 1939, as Hitler casts his enormous, cruel shadow across the world, the seeds of apartheid take root in South Africa. There, a boy called Peekay is born. His childhood is marked by humiliation and abandonment, yet he vows to survive and conceives heroic dreams--which are nothi…
Story of Peekay, an English boy, living in South Africa during World War II whose dream is to become a winner.
In 1939, as Hitler casts his enormous, cruel shadow across the world, the seeds of apartheid take root in South Africa. There, a boy called Peekay is born. His childhood is marked by humiliation and abandonment, yet he vows to survive and conceives heroic dreams (to become the w…
The power of one
by Random House (Firm), Courtenay, Bryce, Pyle, Chuck, Monteleone, Ron
Set in South Africa during World War II, where a large segment of the Boer population had pro-Nazi sympathies, it tells the story of Peekay, an English boy whose valiant odyssey through a land of tribal superstition and modern prejudice makes him a symbol of belief in oneself to…