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About The Power of One
The Power of One is a novel by South African born, Australian author Bryce Courtenay, first published in 1989. Set in the Union of South Africa during the 1930s and 1940s, it tells the story of an Anglo-South African boy, who through the course of the story, acquires the name of Peekay. In the film version, the protagonist's given name is Peter Phillip Kenneth Keith. The author identifies "Peekay" as a reference to his earlier nickname "Piskop": Afrikaans for "Pisshead."
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