Jack of Diamonds Bryce Courtenay Set across three continents, Jack of Diamonds is a spellbinding story of chance, music, corruption and love. During the Great Depression there was little hope for a boy born into the slums of Cabbagetown, Toronto. But Jack Spayd is offered a ticket out in the form of a Hohner harmonica. Jack makes music as a way of escaping his surroundings, and his talent eventually leads him to the jazz piano, and to the world of elite poker in Las Vegas, before fleeing to the far reaches of Africa.
‘If poker was an addiction then music was an overwhelming obsession; one could never replace the other in my life.’
Bryce Courtenay is without a doubt one of Australia’s best-loved storytellers. He has sold more than 10 million copies of his books in Australia and countless millions more around the world, including The Power of One, The Potato Factory, Jessica and April Fool’s Day.
Jack of Diamonds will be his last novel.