The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island
by:
Chloe Hooper (author)
Format: ebook
ISBN:
9781407021065 (1407021060)
Publish date: January 29th 2010
Publisher: Vintage Digital
Pages no: 272
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...
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