The release date for the English version of 'True History of the Kelly Gang' by
Peter Carey is Dec 2001. If you enjoy this novel, it is available for buy as a paperback from Barnes & Noble or Indigo, as an ebook on the Amazon Kindle store, or as an audiobook on Audible.
"My dear daughter, you are currently too young to comprehend a word I write, but this history is for you and will contain no single lie may I burn in Hell if I speak false." The speaker also said, "I lost my own father at the age of 12 and know what it is to be raised on lies and silences."
The renowned Ned Kelly tells his tale in True History of the Kelly Gang, writing semiliterate yet eerily vivid language on stray pieces of paper while he runs from the law. Kelly is only seen by those pursuing him as a heinous criminal, a thief, and a killer. The bushranger is revered as a hero by his own people, the common Australians, for standing up to the English government's attempt to rule over them. Indentured by his bootlegger mother to a famous horse thief (who was also her lover), Ned saw his first prison cell at 15 and by the age of 26 had become the most wanted man in the wild colony of Victoria, taking over whole towns and defying the law until he was finally captured and hanged. The masterful storytelling of a legendary author brings this classic outlaw story to life.