True History of the Kelly Gang

Informationen zum Autor Peter Carey was born in Bacchus Marsh, Victoria and now lives in New York. He is the author of twelve previous novels, three short story collections and two books on travel. Among other prizes, he has won the Booker Prize twice, the Commonwealth Writers Prize twice and the Miles Franklin Literary Award three times. Klappentext Reissues of 3 of Carey's classic historical novels, 2 of which won the Booker Prize. Repackaged to tie in with the paperback edition of "Parrot & Olivier In America", which was also nominated for the Booker. True History of the Kelly Gang is Peter Carey's acclaimed Booker Prize-winning historical adventure about the life of Australian outlaw, Ned Kelly. Zusammenfassung 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. In a dazzling act of ventriloquism, Peter Carey brings the famous bushranger wildly and passionately to life.

Product details

• Authors: Peter Carey, Carey Peter
• Publisher: Faber & Faber
• Content: Book
• Product form: Paperback / Softback
• Publication date: 03.02.2011
• Subject: Fiction > Narrative literature
• EAN: 9780571270156
• ISBN: 978-0-571-27015-6
• Pages: 432
• Dimensions (packing): 12.7 x 19.8 x 2.7 cm
• Subjects: Australia, Ned Kelly, Westerns, Adventure fiction: Westerns, amnesia, booker prize shortlist, Australian authors, booker prize winners, the new york trilogy paul auster, the collected works of billy the kid michael ondatjee