True History Of The Kelly Gang (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
This is a secondhand book. The jacket image is a photograph of the exact copy we have in stock. This image shows the condition of this book. Further condition remarks are below.
Edition: 1st us ed., 1st pr
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Winner of the Booker Prize, True History of the Kelly Gang is a bold work of historical fiction that chronicles the life of Ned Kelly, Australia's most legendary outlaw, through a series of raw, confessional letters written to his daughter. Peter Carey constructs a visceral and deeply human portrait of a man shaped by poverty, injustice, and colonial oppression in nineteenth-century Victoria, presenting Kelly's voice in an urgent, unpunctuated prose that pulses with authenticity and defiance. The novel uncovers the social and political forces that transformed a young Irish-Australian boy into a bushranger and folk hero, arguing implicitly that Kelly's rebellion was as much a class war as it was a crime spree. Carey's tone is both lyrical and ferocious, blurring the line between myth and history with masterful control, illustrating how legends are born from the wounds of the dispossessed. This is an electrifying reimagining of a national icon that resonates far beyond its Australian setting.
Author: Peter Carey
Format: Hardback
Published: 2000, Alfred A. Knopf
Genre: Historical fiction
Edition: 1st us ed., 1st pr
Condition remarks:
Book: Very good
Jacket: Very good
Pages: Good
Markings: Signed
Winner of the Booker Prize, True History of the Kelly Gang is a bold work of historical fiction that chronicles the life of Ned Kelly, Australia's most legendary outlaw, through a series of raw, confessional letters written to his daughter. Peter Carey constructs a visceral and deeply human portrait of a man shaped by poverty, injustice, and colonial oppression in nineteenth-century Victoria, presenting Kelly's voice in an urgent, unpunctuated prose that pulses with authenticity and defiance. The novel uncovers the social and political forces that transformed a young Irish-Australian boy into a bushranger and folk hero, arguing implicitly that Kelly's rebellion was as much a class war as it was a crime spree. Carey's tone is both lyrical and ferocious, blurring the line between myth and history with masterful control, illustrating how legends are born from the wounds of the dispossessed. This is an electrifying reimagining of a national icon that resonates far beyond its Australian setting.