mrgeof 's review for:

True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey

4.0

adventurous challenging dark emotional funny informative reflective sad medium-paced

Plot or Character Driven: Plot

Strong character development: Yes

Loveable characters: Complicated

Diverse cast of characters: No

Flaws of characters a main focus: Yes

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a fictional first-person account of the sympathetically portrayed, real-life bushranger (outlaw) Ned Kelly, from childhood to the final shootout - interesting illustration of the oppression of the Irish selectors by the English squatters in 1800s Australia, and a rip-roaring tale.