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Tommo and Hawk (Potato Factory Trilogy) | 
 enlarge | Author: Bryce Courtenay
Publisher: Penguin Books Australia
Category: Book
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Rating:  9 reviews
Sales Rank: 87553
Media: Mass Market Paperback
Pages: 688
Number Of Items: 1
Shipping Weight (lbs): 0.8
Dimensions (in): 7.1 x 4.1 x 1.9
ISBN: 0140271562
Dewey Decimal Number: 813
EAN: 9780140271560
ASIN: 0140271562
Publication Date: June 30, 1999
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Condition: Minor nicks & wear-Great Reading
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 The best storyteller since Hemmingway March 21, 2002
22 out of 22 found this review helpful
Tommo & Hawk continues the story started in the Potato Factory. It further adds to the contention that Bryce Courtenay is the best storyteller since Hemmingway. His depiction of 19th century Tasmania is a triumph. Not only can you feel and almost smell what the characters are experiencing, but his tale is gripping. Whereas The Power of One and Tandia were more on the high brow end of the moral spectrum, the Potato Factory and this novel dig a little deeper into the underbelly of the British Empire. The result is a grittier, more visceral read, that is difficult to put down.
Impossible to put down May 21, 2000
Frank Beylaard (Cairns - Australia)
14 out of 14 found this review helpful
I have read the trilogy from the 'Potato Factory' to 'Solomon's Song. My only regret, I read 'Solomon's Song' before I read 'Thommo & Hawk'. The novel, like the others,is absolutely captivating & the reader really becomes part of the 'Abacus' come 'Solomon' family. I would have loved to see another sequel or two. Maybe Bryce has something in mind to continue the Solomon saga. The trilogy was the best I have ever read. Congratulations, Bryce.
Bryce has done it again with a superior sequel! February 2, 2001
Michael J Harrington (Phoenix, Arizona USA)
14 out of 15 found this review helpful
This novel - a sequel to 'The Potato Factory' (a great book, mind you!), is a rollicking tale of 2 unlikely brothers, with a lot of grisly adventure and the typical BC-style of lots of bad things happening that make you really care for the characters and then, gee, things seem to turn out OK in the end (but not without a lot of pain and suffering, thank you Charles Dickens).Nevertheless, I loved this book for all of the 650+ pages that Bryce decided to put into it... Being very critical, I would say that gee yep, this coulda been better and all (as I did not like all of the things that happenend in the end), but it was a great read from one of the best authors in the land of OZ (for this type of literature). He has a great style and command of words that makes you want to know what is going on with the characters, and is very conscious of what is going on at the time as well. No, this is not big time literary stuff, but it is simply GREAT entertainment that won't leave your head and will keep your mind off the othe worries of the world...
 history explored April 20, 2000
6 out of 8 found this review helpful
I quite enjoyed following the relationship of Tommo and Hawk, despite the first few pages telling of the time Tommo was away from his family (not for the faint hearted) Fairly easy to follow, the narrative changes from T to H from chapter to chapter, transition made easy through the vastly different speech. I have to admit skipping through some pages, battles and the like, and enjoyed catching up with Mary Abacus too. Drug scene explored well,and with com[passion. Well done Bryce
 i love bryce courtenay, but.... April 16, 2000
5 out of 7 found this review helpful
I read "The Potato Factory" and loved it. When "Tommo and Hawk" came out I was very excited. But after finally finishing the novel, I found I was a little disappointed. As Bryce Courteny tends to do, he packs all of his wonderful ideas for a story into one book, which calls for too much story. So many amazing and incredible things happened in this book, that by the end you are just overwhelmed with all the activity. In all, it was all right, and because Courtenay has written so many other good books that I will still buy his books as soon as I see them. But this one isn't as amazing as the other ones I've read. And , like usual, the story ends setup to have a sequel.
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