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True History of the Kelly Gang : A Novel (Vintage International)
True History of the Kelly Gang A Novel - Vintage International
Author: Peter Carey
“I lost my own father at 12 yr. of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silences my dear daughter you are presently too young to understand a word I write but this history is for you and will contain no single lie may I burn in Hell if I speak false.” — In True History of the Kelly Gang, the legendary Ned Kel...  more »
ISBN-13: 9780375724671
ISBN-10: 0375724672
Publication Date: 12/4/2001
Pages: 384
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  • Currently 3.4/5 Stars.
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3.4 stars, based on 55 ratings
Publisher: Vintage
Book Type: Paperback
Members Wishing: 1
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catscritch avatar reviewed True History of the Kelly Gang : A Novel (Vintage International) on + 158 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 4
This book is fascinating as written as the discovered "first hand account" of Ned Kelly. The author has filled the pages with all the flavor, pain, sorrow, confusion and simple daily delights of a back woods boy who grew to become the leader of the infamous Kelly Gang. The words fairly drip with sweat as the dread Ned Kelly goes from a hard working son to a bonded out side kick of the local Robin Hood. Life is never the same, but perhaps for the Kelly's it never was meant to be.

How I wish these were the words from the man himself, but these words certainly capture all the drama and joys that are so foreign to our current world.

Like time travel, ever so bitter-sweet.
reviewed True History of the Kelly Gang : A Novel (Vintage International) on + 10 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
the colloquial and "uneducated" style in which the book is written is disconcerting at the beginning but once you fall under the sway of the story it becomes much less noticeable except as a reminder and reinforcer of the time/place/situation.

i enjoyed it very much and would go out of my way to read other novels by peter carey on the basis of this experience.
MissyRose avatar reviewed True History of the Kelly Gang : A Novel (Vintage International) on + 32 more book reviews
Helpful Score: 1
I enjoyed the story-line of this novel, but found the local language of the characters to be wearing after a while.
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