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Issue Details: First known date: 2004... 2004 Brother Fish
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'Brother Fish is an Australian saga spanning eighty years and four continents.

'Inspired by real events, Bryce Courtenay's new novel tells the story of three people from vastly differing backgrounds. All they have in common is a tough beginning in life.

'Jack McKenzie is a harmonica player, soldier, dreamer and small-time professional fisherman from a tiny island is Bass Strait. Nicole Lenoir-Jourdan is a strong-willed woman hiding from an ambiguous past in Shanghai. Larger than life, Private Jimmy Oldcorn was once a street kid and leader of a New York gang. Together they reap a vast and not always legitimate fortune from the sea.

'Brother Fish is an inspiring human drama of three lives brought together and changed forever by the extraordinary events of recent history. But most of all it is about the power of friendship and love.' (Publication summary)

 

Notes

  • Dedication: For Owen Denmeade and Geoff and Phyllis Pike.
    Also, all the veterans of the Korean War

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Camberwell, Camberwell - Kew area, Melbourne - Inner South, Melbourne, Victoria,: Viking , 2004 .
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      Extent: 842p.
      Description: illus., maps.
      Note/s:
      • Includes bibliographical references pp.[841]-842.
      ISBN: 0670042080
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Related Works

[Extract] Brother Fish Bryce Courtenay , 2004 extract novel (Brother Fish)
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 25 December 2004; (p. 6-7)
Brothers in Arms, Set for Ever Bryce Courtenay , 2005 extract novel (Brother Fish)
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 5 January 2005; (p. 17)
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Works about this Work

Showman Who Knew the Power of a Story Blanche Clark , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 November 2012; (p. 26-27)
Back to Childhood Gillian Dooley , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 268 2005; (p. 36)
— Review of Brother Fish Bryce Courtenay , 2004 single work novel
Critics Carp but Bryce Sells Christopher Bantick , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 20 December 2004; (p. 6)
This One's for You, Dear Reader Jennifer Moran , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 December 2004; (p. 9)
— Review of Brother Fish Bryce Courtenay , 2004 single work novel
Great Southern Storyland Peter Pierce , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 21 December - 11 January vol. 122 no. 6452 2004-2005; (p. 124)
— Review of Drown Them in the Sea Nicholas Glen Angel , 2003 single work novel ; The Broken Book Susan Johnson , 2004 single work novel ; Brother Fish Bryce Courtenay , 2004 single work novel ; Angel Puss Colleen McCullough , 2004 single work novel ; The Silver Donkey : A Novel for Children Sonya Hartnett , 2004 single work children's fiction
Courtenay's Catch of the Day Juliette Hughes , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Age , 4 December 2004; (p. 4)
— Review of Brother Fish Bryce Courtenay , 2004 single work novel
Great Southern Storyland Peter Pierce , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 21 December - 11 January vol. 122 no. 6452 2004-2005; (p. 124)
— Review of Drown Them in the Sea Nicholas Glen Angel , 2003 single work novel ; The Broken Book Susan Johnson , 2004 single work novel ; Brother Fish Bryce Courtenay , 2004 single work novel ; Angel Puss Colleen McCullough , 2004 single work novel ; The Silver Donkey : A Novel for Children Sonya Hartnett , 2004 single work children's fiction
This One's for You, Dear Reader Jennifer Moran , 2004 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 18-19 December 2004; (p. 9)
— Review of Brother Fish Bryce Courtenay , 2004 single work novel
Back to Childhood Gillian Dooley , 2005 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , February no. 268 2005; (p. 36)
— Review of Brother Fish Bryce Courtenay , 2004 single work novel
No Sign from Courtenay Jason Steger , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The Age , 13 November 2004; (p. 6)
The Power of Bryce Phil Brown (interviewer), 2004 single work interview
— Appears in: Brisbane News , 1 - 7 December no. 519 2004; (p. 10-11)
Critics Carp but Bryce Sells Christopher Bantick , 2004 single work column
— Appears in: The West Australian , 20 December 2004; (p. 6)
Showman Who Knew the Power of a Story Blanche Clark , 2012 single work column
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 24 November 2012; (p. 26-27)
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Last amended 18 Jun 2020 15:26:51
Subjects:
Settings:
  • Tasmania,
  • c
    United States of America (USA),
    c
    Americas,
  • c
    China,
    c
    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • Korea, East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • Hong Kong,
    c
    China,
    c
    East Asia, South and East Asia, Asia,
  • 1920-1986
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