True History of the Kelly Gang
Author: Peter Carey
“What is it about we Australians, eh?” demands a schoolteacher near the end of Peter Carey’s True History of the Kelly Gang. “Do we not have a Jefferson? A Disraeli? Might not we find someone better to admire than a horse-thief and a murderer?” It’s the author’s sole nod to the contradictory feelings Ned Kelly continues to evoke today, more than a century after his death…..Read More
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