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True History of the Kelly Gang
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ISBN-13:
9780571270156
Veröffentl:
2011
Erscheinungsdatum:
01.02.2011
Seiten:
424
Autor:
Peter Carey
Gewicht:
349 g
Format:
195x128x20 mm
Sprache:
Englisch
Beschreibung:
Peter Carey was born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria and now lives in New York. He is the author of twelve previous novels, three short story collections and two books on travel. Among other prizes, he has won the Booker Prize twice, the Commonwealth Writers Prize twice and the Miles Franklin Literary Award three times.
True History of the Kelly Gang is Peter Carey's acclaimed Booker Prize-winning historical adventure about the life of Australian outlaw, Ned Kelly.
True History of the Kelly Gang is Peter Carey's acclaimed Booker Prize-winning historical adventure about the life of Australian outlaw, Ned Kelly.
'I lost my own father at 12 yr. of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silence...'
To the authorities in pursuit of him, outlaw Ned Kelly is a horse thief, bank robber and police-killer. But to his fellow ordinary Australians, Kelly is their own Robin Hood. In a dazzling act of ventriloquism, Peter Carey brings the famous bushranger wildly and passionately to life.
To the authorities in pursuit of him, outlaw Ned Kelly is a horse thief, bank robber and police-killer. But to his fellow ordinary Australians, Kelly is their own Robin Hood. In a dazzling act of ventriloquism, Peter Carey brings the famous bushranger wildly and passionately to life.