Giving meaning to life and direction to goodness. To quote his devoted partner Celeste, 'Love is an energy, it cannot be created nor destroyed. Solomons Song: The Potato Factory Trilogy Bk 3 Bryce Courtenay. Register for free to build your own book lists. Not much was known about AIDS back then and sufferers were frowned upon. Damon Courtenay dies in the first line of the first, introductory chapter of this 666 page book thus 665 pages tell the story of his life from birth to that death on April Fools Day, 1991, when Bryce and Benita Courtenay were forced, after 25 years, to surrender their youngest son to the inevitable. Books by Bryce Courtenay Authors like Bryce Courtenay What Should I Read Next. Damons story is one of life-long struggle, his love for Celeste, the compassion of family, and a fight to the end for integrity. In this tribute to his son, Bryce Courtenay lays bare the suffering behind this young mans life. Evidence of this is his attitude towards people who treated people with AIDS unfairly. Damon Courtenay died on the morning of April Fools Day. Damon talked a lot about love he believed it was important that everybody knew how to love. On his death bed, he asked his father to write it for him.

He attempted to write this book himself but did not have much success. The title refers to the date of Damon's death, 1 April 1991 ( April Fools' Day).ĭamon was a classic haemophiliac all his life.

The book is a tribute to the author's son, Damon Courtenay, a haemophiliac who contracted HIV/AIDS through an infected blood transfusion. He turned to writing in the late 1980s after a 30-year career in advertising.April Fool's Day is a 1993 book by Australian author Bryce Courtenay. Known for his dedication to work and prolific output, often writing for 12 hours a day, Courtenay sold more than 20 million books. “We’d like to thank all of Bryce’s family and friends and all of his fans around the world for their love and support for me and his family as he wrote the final chapter of his extraordinary life,” his wife Christine Courtenay said in a joint statement with publisher Penguin Books. His death late on Thursday came less than three months after he told fans he had stomach cancer. Best-selling Australian author Courtenay, who wrote about the struggles of life in Australia and South Africa, died at his home in Canberra, his publisher said on November 23, 2012, just two weeks after his latest novel was published. Author Bryce Courtenay (L) holds the hand of a lady after he signed a copy of his latest book titled 'The Night Country' for her at a Sydney bookstore in this Apfile photo.

April Fool's Day by Bryce Courtenay