Oscar and Lucinda - True History of the Kelly Gang
Author(s): Peter Carey; Peter Giles (Introduction by)
Modern & Contemporary Literature
Two novels in one hardback gift volume. Oscar and Lucinda and True History of the Kelly Gang by twice Booker winner Peter Carey
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.
Product Information
General Fields
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- : Everyman
- : UNKNOWN
- : 0.84
- : 01 September 2019
- : 4.6 Centimeters X 13.7 Centimeters X 21 Centimeters
- : books
Special Fields
- : Peter Carey; Peter Giles (Introduction by)
- : Peter Carey; Peter Giles (Introduction by)
- : FV
- : FV
- : 936
- : 936
- : 823.914
- : 823.914
- : English
- : English
- : Hardback
- : Hardback