Leif Erik's review of True History of the Kelly Gang
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
This is written as an memoir (difference between an autobiography & a memoir; memoirs don't have indexes) Ned Kelly is setting down for an infant daughter he will never see. Kind of poignant actually. Carey wrote this in a nineteenth century Australian vernacular. Kind of like Trainspotting. Not for everyone. Normally I'd find it annoying and pretentious, but Carey makes it work. That alone probably merits his Booker. The story by itself is amazing. Even in his own words Kelly clearly is no hero. Just a guy who wants the rich off his back and the government to step off his neck. It's good stuff.
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