True History Of The Kelly Gang (SIGNED)
Condition: SECONDHAND
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Edition: 1st uk 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, balancing tenderness toward family and community with a searing indictment of a corrupt and brutal system. A masterwork of imaginative storytelling, it stands as one of the most celebrated reimaginings of Australian national mythology in modern literature.
Author: Peter Carey
Format: Hardback
Published: 2001, Faber and Faber
Genre: Historical fiction
Edition: 1st uk 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, balancing tenderness toward family and community with a searing indictment of a corrupt and brutal system. A masterwork of imaginative storytelling, it stands as one of the most celebrated reimaginings of Australian national mythology in modern literature.