True History of the Kelly Gang
Peter Carey • Vintage Books • ISBN-13 978‑0375724671
True History of the Kelly Gang
ISBN-10: 0375724672 · ISBN-13: 978‑0375724671 · 2001 · First Vintage International Edition
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Peter Carey’s Booker Prize-winning novel reimagines the life of the notorious Australian bushranger Ned Kelly through a series of fictionalized letters written to his unborn daughter. The narrative adopts a distinct, unpunctuated vernacular voice to reconstruct the harsh realities of colonial life, the systemic injustices of the Victorian era, and the myth-making surrounding the Kelly Gang. This work stands as a seminal piece of contemporary historical fiction that interrogates the boundaries between outlaw legend and personal truth.
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