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Historical Fiction · EpicNed Kelly tells his own story in a raw voice, from childhood to the final siege
True History of the Kelly Gang
by Peter Carey
2000401 pagesModerate readFast pace
★ Booker Prize, 2001
The outlaw Ned Kelly in his own voice
Carey imagines the life of Ned Kelly as a long document written in Kelly's own voice for his daughter. It runs from his poor childhood in Victoria through his years of crime to his last stand. It won the 2001 Booker Prize and was adapted as a 2020 film.
More about this book
Who
Ned Kelly, his family and the police who pursue them.
World
Victoria, Australia, in the nineteenth century.
What makes it different
The whole book is in Kelly's invented, unpunctuated voice.
Feel
Vivid and fierce.
Page count and cover shown for: Selected edition
Further reading
- True History of the Kelly GangWikipedia