Solomon's song

By Bryce Courtenay

Book Overview

This is the story of two families - branches of the Solomons - transported to an alien land, both of whom eventually grow rich and powerful but who, through three generations, never for one moment relinquish their hatred for each other. It is also the story of our country from the beginning until we came of age as a nation. I have learned a great deal about Australia and those things which concern us as a people and make us, in many ways, who we are today. To write this book, I visited Gallipoli and came away deeply saddened by the terrible waste of our young blood. We would never be quite the same again. It has been a grand adventure and I hope that you will find Solomon's Song a good and powerful story. No writer can possibly hope for more. Bryce Courtenay 'Rest in peace Ikey Solomon and thank you, Bryce Courtenay, for concluding your absorbing trilogy on such a stirring note.' Canberra Times 'Courtenay superbly manages to put the reader in the thick of the bloody battles that took so many young lives in Turkey ... Hard to put down.' Daily Telegraph

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0670878782
• ISBN13: 9780670878789
• Release Date: January 1999
• Publisher: Viking Australia
• Length: 696 Pages
• Weight: 2.25 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.5" x 2.2" x 6.3"

Customer Reviews

Final book

The only problem with this book is it ends. I have enormously enjoyed the trilogy and I put off buying this last installment because the reviews seemed slightly negative and I couldn't find a copy at a reasonable price. I love it. Great characterization, fantastic plot--it's better than being at the movies. The fact that it has to end is a true bummer. Now I have to rent the movie Gallipoli to watch it again with the insight I've gained from reading this book.

I need your copy

I haven't read this but would like to. Please email me if you can send me your copy. This may be the beginning of a beautiful friendship. Thanks!

Fabulous Author--its really 3.5 stars

First, anything by this author is great. My concern with him is he is divorced from a happy ending so I feel emotionally battered after reading his books. Its an experience and there has been growth but its isnt a feel good experience. This was the last book of a trilogy. The first two books were devastastingly good. This was not as good as the first two. The beginning of this book expounds on the conclusion of the last book beautifully. Book 3 goes into detail on what happened to the characters at the end of book 2. It wrapped up the the ending of the 2nd book of the trilogy which was extremely thrilling. After the beginning of book 3, the thrilling parts ended. Its not bad, just not as gripping or the pacing of the other novels. Still this is a great author, but of the trilogy, this is the weakest of the 3 books. Definitely read the book just to find out what on the full extent of what happened after book 2.

Final book of the trilogy

Bryce Courtenay is a solid writer. Starting with the Potato Factory, through Tommo & Hawk, and concluding with this book, he weaves a tale of four generations. As with all the books, this has highs and lows. I read it with my wife and she laughed and cried loudly at different parts. My only commens really relates to plot -- I wish that Bryce would have written the last paragraph differently. Saying anymore would spoil the plot.