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Absolutely Revolting
Fiction

The Last Laugh

Tommo & Hawk by Bryce Courtenay

by Michael Sharkey •
June 1998, no. 201

Tommo & Hawk by Bryce Courtenay

Viking $36.95 hb, 673 pp

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I suspect that Bryce Courtenay’s novels about early Tasmania, The Potato Factory and Tommo & Hawk, have introduced countless general readers to aspects of Australian literature which might otherwise remain terra incognita. For this reason, I applaud his enterprise.

 


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Tommo & Hawk by Bryce Courtenay

Viking $36.95 hb, 673 pp

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ABR receives a commission on items purchased through this link. All ABR reviews are fully independent.

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