![]() From there, it is back on the train, where Peekay must survive the rest of the journey without his dear Hoppie. Peekay is astonished when he sees Hoppie box, as well as the passion that others feel about the sport. Peekay develops a passion for boxing and attends a bout where Hoppie is set to meet a much larger opponent, all during the train’s layover. This new friend helps Peekay with the ways of the rails, as well as being an amateur boxer in his own right. Eager to leave, Peekay begins the long train ride, soon joined by the conductor, Hoppie Groenewald. After a number of brush-ups with others, the matron agrees to send Peekay to his grandfather’s home, a long train ride across the country. With war building in Europe, Peekay is led to believe by classmates that Hitler will soon arrive in South Africa to toss the shackles from the Afrikaner people, long subjugated by the English. ![]() ![]() With English roots, Peekay struggles in this school where the Boer boys ridicule him for his heritage, turning verbal pokes into full-on malicious attacks. In rural South Africa during the late 1930s, Peekay is a young boy who has been sent to boarding school. Its intricate prose and powerful characters bring a story to life that few readers will be able to resist. ![]() The dazzling writing style of Bryce Courtenay is captured in this, his debut novel. ![]()
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