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True History of the Kelly Gang - Peter Carey
True History of the Kelly Gang
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In a dazzling act of ventriloquism, Peter Carey gives Ned Kelly a voice so wild, passionate and original that it is impossible not to believe that the famous bushranger himself is speaking from beyond the grave. True History of the Kelly Gang is the song of Australia, and it sings its protest in... show more
In a dazzling act of ventriloquism, Peter Carey gives Ned Kelly a voice so wild, passionate and original that it is impossible not to believe that the famous bushranger himself is speaking from beyond the grave. True History of the Kelly Gang is the song of Australia, and it sings its protest in a voice at once crude and delicate, menacing and heart-wrenching. Carey gives us Ned Kelly as orphan, as Oedipus, as horse thief, farmer, bushranger, reformer, bank-robber, police-killer and, finally, as his country's beloved Robin Hood.
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Format: paperback
ISBN: 9780571209873 (0571209874)
Publisher: Faber and Faber
Pages no: 424
Edition language: English
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The Caffeinated Bibliophile
The Caffeinated Bibliophile rated it
5.0 The True History of the Kelly Gang - Peter Carey.
I seem to be having a very Ned Kelly year, starting off with my daughters First Fleet assignment, in which Red Kelly, Ned's father, was the first Irish convict to be transported to the new colony. That was followed up with the musical Ned, in the fitting setting of the old Bendigo Gaol, which has be...
tien
tien rated it
4.0 True History of the Kelly Gang
It's hard to read when you first picked it up as there is practically no punctuation being used. However, it reflects on the 'uneducated' state of Ned Kelly. I had to read a sentence a few times over & actually apply the punctuation in my head to understand but you get used to it after a while. As...
SJane
SJane rated it
Good story and great setting, but I felt it paled in comparison to most of Carey's writing.
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