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Bryce Courtenay has created an unforgettable story of the enduring bond between two brothers.
Brutally kidnapped and separated in childhood, Tommo and Hawk are reunited at the age of fifteen in Hobart Town. Together they escape their troubled pasts and set off on a journey into manhood. From whale hunting in the Pacific to the Maori wars of New Zealand, from the Rocks in Sydney to the miners' riots in the goldfields, Tommo and Hawk must learn each other's strengths and weaknesses in order to survive.
Along the way, Hawk meets the outrageous Maggie Pye, who brings love and laughter into his life. But the demons of Tommo's past return to haunt the brothers. With Tommo at his side, Hawk takes on a fight against all odds to save what they cherish most.
An epic tale of adventure and romance from Australia's bestselling author.
'Tommo & Hawk is blockbuster material ... It is impossible not to be impressed by Courtenay's talents. He is a superb storyteller.' Sunday Times (UK)
'The novel is not just concerned with the hurdy-gurdy of history, but the ageless condition of mankind ... it is cannily crafted.' Sunday Age
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ISBN: 9781742280752
ISBN-10: 1742280757
Published: 5th June 2006
Format: ePUB
Language: English
Number of Pages: 696
Publisher: Penguin Random House Australia

Bryce Courtenay
Bryce: in his own words...
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.
It was a somewhat isolated community and I grew up among farm folk and the African people. At the age of five I was sent to a boarding school which might be better described as a combination orphanage and reform school, where I learned to box - though less as a sport and more as a means to stay alive.
But I survived to return to a small mountain town named Barberton in the North Eastern part of the country.
Here I met Doc, a drunken German music teacher who spent the next few years filling my young mind with the wonders of nature as we roamed the high mountains. His was the best education I was ever to receive, despite the scholarship I won to a prestigious boy's school and thereafter to a university in England where I studied Journalism.
I came to Australia because I was banned from returning to my own country.
This was due to the fact that I had started a weekend school for Africans in the school hall of the prestigious boy's school I attended.
One day the school hall was raided by the police who then branded me a Communist as they considered educating Africans a subversive act.
While studying journalism, I met a wonderful Australian girl.
"Come to my country!" Benita invited.
I did, and soon after arriving in Australia, married her. Benita gave me three splendid sons, Brett, Adam and Damon. Brett, who married Ann has given me three lovely grandsons, Ben now 14, Jake is about to turn 12 and Marcus is almost 6 years old.
I have lived all my Australian life in Sydney (the nicest place on earth) and, until I started writing fiction, made my career in advertising working as a copywriter and creative director.
At the age of 55 I decided to take the plunge. I had been telling stories since the age of five and had always known I would be a writer some day, though life kept getting in the way until I realised that it was either now or never.
Bryce Courtenay died at his home in Canberra, Australia. He was 79.
Courtenay is survived by his second wife Christine Gee and his children Adam and Brett.











































