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It wasn't the best book on earth. But you know how when you read a book that you absolutely adore, you read everything else you can get your hands on by that author? And when the author is Australian, making it doubly hard to get his books, it feels like quite a coup to get them? Well, I'm sure you get the idea. I'm beginning to see the themes that Courtenay likes to use (boxing being a key one, and there is another one that I will not mention, in case you are going to read either this or The Power of One) and I'm kind of getting tired of those themes. Also, although it was charming at first, I'm a little less enamoured now of the wonderful people who everyone despises because they are poor or whatever, but who triumph in the end. What I'm saying is that there is not a huge amount of depth here. But it is a good read and is an interesting way to learn about Australia and also about Australian soldiers in the Vietnam war. That is some sad stuff.