Jack of diamonds / Bryce Courtenay. --
Publication details: Toronto : Penguin Group (Canada), 2013, c2012.Description: 711 pISBN:- 0143188194 (pbk.)
- 9780143188193 (pbk.)
- Depressions -- 1929 -- Canada -- Fiction
- Jazz musicians -- Canada -- Fiction
- Poker -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Fiction
- Mafia -- Nevada -- Las Vegas -- Fiction
- Copper mines and mining -- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- Fiction
- Man-woman relationships -- Fiction
- Toronto (Ont.) -- History -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Toronto (Ont.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction
- Congo (Democratic Republic) -- History -- 1908-1960 -- Fiction
- FIC
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fiction (pbk) | Flesherton Branch Shelves | FIC Court (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | 32241001062266 |
"Penguin"--T.p. verso.
Tells the story of Jack Spayd, a talented young Canadian, growing up in a poor household with a drunken father in the slums of Cabbagetown, Toronto, during the Great Depression, whose musical talent and fight to achieve his ambitions takes him on an adventurous and perilous journey from the jazz clubs in Toronto to Las Vegas, where he gets caught up in the world of poker and the mafia; to the copper mines of Belgian Congo; to the city of London; and, finally, to the diamond mines of Africa.
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