True History of the Kelly Gang

Name: True History of the Kelly Gang
Author: Peter Carey
ISBN: 9780375410840

by Peter Carey

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True History of the Kelly Gang is a novel by Australian writer Peter Carey, based loosely on the history of the Kelly Gang. It was first published in Brisbane by the University of Queensland Press in 2000. It won the 2001 Booker Prize and the Commonwealth Writers Prize in the same year. Despite its title, the book is fiction and a variation on the Ned Kelly story.

First published 2000376 pages

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Category: Literature
Priority: Recommended
Author works: 2
Editions known: 13

Classification

Dewey (DDC): 823823.914
Library of Congress (LCC): PR9619.30000000.C36 T7 2001PR9619.30000000.C36T7PR9619.30000000.C36 T78 2001PR9619.30000000.C36 T7 2000b

Subjects

AustraliaAustralia, fictionBiographical fictionBushrangersCriminals, fictionFictionFiction, biographicalFiction, historical, generalHistoryKelly gangMan Booker Prize WinnerNew York Times reviewed

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ISBN 9780375410840English

DATE DUE

First published2000

StatusREAD

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