April Fool's Day (novel)

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name = April Fool's Day
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author = Bryce Courtenay
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country = Australia
language = English
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genre = Novel
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release_date = 1993
media_type = Print (Hardback & Paperback)
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preceded_by = Tandia
followed_by = Recipe for Dreaming

"April Fool's Day" is a 1993 novel by Bryce Courtenay. The book describes the author's son, Damon, a haemophiliac who contracted HIV/AIDS through a blood transfusion. The title refers to the date of Damon's death, April 1, 1991 (April Fools' Day).

April Fools Day is a novel by Australian author Bryce Courtenay. It is a tribute to his son Damon Courtenay who died in 1991 from AIDS which he had contracted via an infected blood transfusion. Damon was a classic haemophilliac all his life. He attempted to write this book himself but did not have much success. On his death bed, he asked his father to write it for him.Damon talked a lot about love, he believed it was important that everybody knew how to love. Evidence of this is his attitude towards people who treated people with AIDS unfairly. Not much was known about AIDS back then and sufferers were frowned upon. To quote his devoted partner Celeste, "Love is an energy, it cannot be created nor destroyed. It simply "is" giving meaning to life and direction to goodness".

Damon had two brothers, Brett and Adam. His parents were Bryce and Benita Courtenay. In 2000, nine years after Damon's death his parents divorced. Seven years later, in March 2007, Benita died from cancer.

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* [http://www.brycecourtenay.com/ Bryce Courtenay's official webpage]