Oscar and Lucinda: True History of the Kelly Gang

Oscar and Lucinda: True History of the Kelly Gang

by Peter Carey (Author), Peter Giles (Introduction)

Synopsis

OSCAR AND LUCINDA is a sweeping, irrepressibly inventive novel set in nineteenth-century England and Australia where the two potential lovers lead parallel lives until chance brings them together on board ship. A narrative tangle of love, religion, gambling, commerce and colonialism culminates in a nightmare expedition - the result of a wager - to transport a glass church across the Australian wilderness. In TRUE HISTORY OF THE KELLY GANG the legendary Australian outlaw Ned Kelly speaks for himself in a voice that is direct, colloquial, theatrical, and utterly magical. To his pursuers he is nothing but a monstrous criminal, but to his own people he is a hero, defying British imperial authority in support of the poor Irish settlers who are its victims. In a dazzling act of ventriloquism, Carey brings the famous bushranger unforgettably to life.

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Format: Hardcover
Pages: 936
Publisher: Everyman
Published: 05 Sep 2019

ISBN 10: 1841593966
ISBN 13: 9781841593968