| Original quarter calf, fore-edge uncut, double-page map. True History of the Kelly Gang by CAREY, Peter First Edition Publisher University of Queensland Press | 2000 | First Edition | Hardcover | Fine. Octavo. Dust wrapper sunned to back strip, otherwise excellent. Light shelf wear to back strip head and tail. In the original publisher's cloth binding, in the original price unclipped dust wrapper. A narratively intriguing work, the novel is divided into thirteen sections (each ostensibly written by Kelly), with a short description at the beginning of each section describing the physical condition of the 'original manuscripts'. A signed first edition, first impression of this work, in the original unclipped dust wrapper, and signed by author Peter Carey to the half title.Winner of the 2001 Man Booker Prize.Set in Australia, and loosely based on the history of the Kelly Gang, this novel is a fictional autobiography from Ned Kelly, an infamous Australian bushranger and outlaw. A signed first edition, first impression, of Peter Carey's Man Booker Prize winning Australian novel 'True History of the Kelly Gang'. Rent or buy on Amazon, AppleTV and other streaming platforms, as well as pay TV operators.Cloth. Rated R for violence, language and a bit of sexuality. For minutes at a time, you might think, and also maybe wish, that you were watching “Trainspotting.” Her trite defiance is exemplified when she remonstrates against a would-be teacher who would pollute young Ned’s mind with “fancy books.” As the adult Kelly, George MacKay seems content to run around with his shirt off and make faces while faux-punk songs adorn the soundtrack. As Kelly’s mother, Essie Davis, excellent in “The Babadook” and the upcoming “Babyteeth,” does little besides jut out her jaw while either sneering or smirking. Grant and Kurzel’s conceptions of the characters are so one-dimensional they seem to defeat the movie’s talented cast. It also allows Kelly some vivid similes, as in, “Your Grandma was like a snare laid out by God for Red Kelly.” Shaun Grant’s script rarely, if ever, avails itself of such riches instead, the narration and dialogue teem with outlaw-movie clichés.
While Carey’s voice for Kelly does contain some commonplace language, the prose also has music and momentum (the narrative abjures commas but is still clear enough to flow coherently, no mean feat). If you haven’t read the book, you might wonder while watching the movie, “THIS cold porridge won a Booker?” Well, no. The movie is adapted from a Booker Prize-winning novel by Peter Carey.
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