Hardcover, 1092 pages
Published Nov. 23, 1992 by William Heinemann Ltd.
Hardcover, 1092 pages
Published Nov. 23, 1992 by William Heinemann Ltd.
Follows Peekay, a white British boy in South Africa during World War II, between the ages of five and eleven, as he survives an abusive boarding school and goes on to succeed in life and the boxing ring, with help from a chicken, a boxer, a pianist, black African prisoners, and many others.