Tall Man: The Death of Doomadgee
by:
Chloe Hooper (author)
Format: hardcover
ISBN:
9781416561590 (1416561595)
Publish date: April 7th 2009
Publisher: Scribner
Pages no: 258
Edition language: English
Category:
Non Fiction,
Writing,
History,
Academic,
School,
Literature,
Cultural,
Book Club,
Mystery,
Journalism,
Politics,
Crime,
True Crime,
Australia
Hooper's slim book is in some ways an account of a crime (the death of Cameron Doomadgee while in custody, allegedly at the hands of officer Chris Hurley), in some ways an exploration of the social context in which the crime is situated (intense poverty, alcoholism, endemic violence, and pervasive r...