True History of the Kelly Gang

Informationen zum Autor Peter Carey received the Booker Prize for Oscar and Lucinda and again for True History of the Kelly Gang . His novel, Parrot and Olivier in America , was shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize and was a finalist for the National Book Award in 2010. His other honours include the Commonwealth Prize and the Miles Franklin Award. Born in Australia, he has lived in New York for twenty years. www.petercareybooks.com Vorwort True History of the Kelly Gang is the acclaimed Booker Prize-winning historical adventure about the life of Australian outlaw, Ned Kelly, from twice Booker winner, Peter Carey. Zusammenfassung 'I lost my own father at 12 yr. of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silence...' To the authorities in pursuit of him, outlaw Ned Kelly is a horse thief, bank robber and police-killer. But to his fellow ordinary Australians, Kelly is their own Robin Hood. In a dazzling act of ventriloquism, Peter Carey brings the famous bushranger wildly and passionately to life.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Carey
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback
• Released: 16.08.2001
• EAN: 9780571207930
• ISBN: 978-0-571-20793-0
• No. of pages: 424
• Dimensions: 112 mm x 178 mm x 25 mm
• Series: Faber & Faber Paperbacks
• Subjects: Fiction > Narrative literature; Australien : Belletristik (Romane, Erzählungen)