True History of the Kelly Gang

True History of the Kelly Gang is Peter Carey's acclaimed Booker Prize-winning historical adventure about the life of Australian outlaw, Ned Kelly.

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.

Vorwort
True History of the Kelly Gang is Peter Carey's acclaimed Booker Prize-winning historical adventure about the life of Australian outlaw, Ned Kelly.

Autorentext
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.

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.