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This is The Classic Novel of South Africa -- By Bryce Courtenay -- THE POWER OF ONE -- In 1939 as Hitler cast his enormous , cruel shadow across the world , hatred of a similar kind took root in South Africa , where the seeds of apartheid were newly sown. There a boy called Peekay was born. He spoke the wrong language -- English , the language spoken by those who had sent the Afrikaners to the world's first concentration camps during the Boer War. He was suckled bay a woman of the wrong color -- black , the color of fear and disdain. His childhood was marked by humiliation and abandonment. Yet he vowed to survive -- he would become welterweight champion of the world , he would dream heroic dream. But his dreams were nothing compared to what awaited him. For he embarked on an epic journey through a land of tribal superstition and modern prejudice , where he would learn the power of the words , the power to transform lives , and the mystical power that would sustain him even when it appeared that villainy would rule the world :: The Power Of One!! Winner pays shipping cost of $2.50 will only ship to USA address