The Tall Man
by:
Chloe Hooper (author)
Format: kindle
ISBN:
9781742280325
Publish date: June 30th 2008
Publisher: Penguin
Pages no: 223
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...