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Australian LibraryThingers : Five of your personal favorite Australian novels, please!		64	Thrin, Thursday 7:33pm
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What Are You Reading Now? : What Books Came Into Your Home Today? - #2: JULY. 2008		231	IaaS, August 1
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The Prizes : The Best of the Booker		36	Cariola, July 10
What Are You Reading Now? : Top Five Books first quarter of 2008		119	rachbxl, July 1
Reading Globally : Cestovatela reads around the world		73	fannyprice, May 31
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Dormant: Book talk : Another silly game -- Part 3		506	KymberK, February 2
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75 Books Challenge for 2008 : TrishNYC's Attempt at the 75 book Challenge		148	Whisper1, Yesterday 2:07pm
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... time in Oz - it's a fantastic place (and I'm longing to go back). Have you read A Town Like Alice by Nevil Shute, or The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey?

... Toibin Fifth Business, The Manticore and World of Wonders (the Deptford trilogy) by Robertson Davies The History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey All Passion Spent by Vita Sackville-West

... address the great enduring questions of the world?” Or the problem might be more inflected as Margaret Doody argues in The True History of the Novel. According to Doody, the canonical fortunes of literature rise and fall based upon the current perception of who their original readers were. ...

... it's just me, but they (whoever they are) seem to choose the most pretentious and incomprehensible books. I tried reading True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey and could not even make it to the 50 page mark and I had the same problem with The Bone People by Keri Hulme. My ...

merry, I have read both Jack Maggs and The True History of the Kelly Gang and have three others in the TBR box. Theft was very different from the two I have read. But I suppose that has something to do with the time they were set in. I am looking forward to trying his others.

Oh yes, Oscar and Lucinda is wonderful; I just read it a few weeks ago. I liked True History of the Kelly Gang better but reading both of these books turned me into a Peter Carey fan.

... halfway through Oscar and Lucinda and am really enjoying it. This is my second book by Peter Carey, the other being True History of the Kelly Gang. Both were Booker winners. He's becoming one of my favorite authors...

... today: Mistress of the Art of Death by Ariana Franklin The Lost King of France by Deborah Cadbury True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey The Bone People by Keri Hulme Life and Times of Michael K by J.M. Coetzee End of the Earth by Pete ...

... r: A Thread of Grace by Mary Doria Russell The Road by Cormac McCarthy On Chesil Beach by Ian McEwan The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey March by Geraldine Brooks

21. The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey

... McCaughrean Arabia -- The Black Stallion Returns by Walter Farley Australia -- I Am the Messenger by Markus Zusak, The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey, and others Botswana -- The No. 1 Ladies' Detective Agency and more in the series by Alexander McCall Smith Canada -- ...

True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey

... the 16 I have read, but I think for me it is The God of Small Things. Closely followed by The Life of Pi, Amsterdam, True History of the Kelly Gang and Disgrace. I haven't read all of the winners - although that is one of my goals - but the only one I have not liked so far is The Li ...

... Amsterdam 1999: J.M. Coetzee - Disgrace 2000: Margaret Atwood - The Blind Assassin 2001: Peter Carey - True History of the Kelly Gang 2002: Yann Martel - Life of Pi 2003: DBC Pierre - Vernon God Little 2004: Alan Hollinghurst - The Line of Beauty 2005: ...

True History of the Kelly Gang has been read and reviewed. What an amazing book! So glad I read it. fyrefly, I love your on deck list, so many good ones to choose from. How about you read The Summer Tree, I've been meaning to read his books but still haven't got around to it yet. When ...

... I'm guessing this list is not very up-to-date? It's been quite a few years since I read Oscar and Lucinda, but wouldn't The True History of the Kelly Gang likely be more recommended these days?

True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey

Eliza Jane - please read True History of the Kelly Gang. Here's my review of Psycho Shop. For the next person, please pick from my "on deck" tagged books. Thanks!

... out this quarter: Interpreter of Maladies, by Jumpa Lahiri A Thousand Splendid Suns, by Khaled Hosseini True History of the Kelly Gang, by Peter Carey

... the end, the earlier read won out. My favorite this month was Interpreter of Maladies, followed very, very closely by True History of the Kelly Gang. It was a great month, as I read several other books that might have "won" if read in some other month.

Still plugging away at True History of the Kelly Gang. I really, really like it. I haven't had as much time for reading this past week as I would like, otherwise I'd be finished by now. I only have about 100 pages left which shouldn't take too long. I'm looking forward to starting my next ...

... (The Book of Lamentations), and decided to visit Australia. I'm running around with a bunch of badly-behaved men in True History of the Kelly Gang. Now, I'm off to steal a horse.

I finished Book of Lamentations, which was hard work and a bit of a downer. I'm now reading True History of the Kelly Gang.

37. Ned Kelly by Robert Drewe

... html">review 57. The Book of Lamentations - review 58. True History of the Kelly Gang - review

I scored 2 booker prize winners on sale the famished road by ben okri and the true history of the kelly gang by peter carey

A bonanza in the mail today: Chocolat, requested from a fellow LT member's Paperbackswap bookshelf! The True History of the Kelly Gang, also from PBS The Reluctant Fundamentalist, directly from another LT member. I love LT and PBS! Woo hoo!

Australia True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey Ned Kelly is Australia's anti-hero, a poor Irish farm boy who, at least according to legend, robbed from the rich and gave to the poor. True History is written as Ned Kelly's autobiography, penned on whatever scraps of ...

... when things go wrong in England. Also: The Only Daughter by Jessica Anderson Wrack by James Bradley True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey My Brilliant Career by Miles Franklin Oyster by Janette Turner Hospital Woman of the Inner Sea by Thom ...

... historical fiction which one might consider literary include: Barry Unsworth's Sacred Hunger and Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang. Kazuo Ishiguro's latest novel, Never Let Me Go, is definitely literary, but might also qualify as science fiction. I guess what I ...

Received from Bookmooch The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey.

... all by Stephen King Miss Bianca in the Salt Mines by Margery Sharp Surfeit of Lampreys by Ngaio Marsh True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey The Stone Angel by Margaret Laurence Into the Dream by William Sleator The God of Small Things by Arun ...

Dead Poets Society: A Novel by N.H. Kleinbaum Harry Potter and the order of the phoenix by J.K. Rowling True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey The Jane Austen Book Club by Karen Joy Fowler The Fellowship of the Ring by J.R.R. Tolkein

... Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini * Argentina - The Motorcycle Diaries by Ernesto Che Guevara * Australia - True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey * Bangladesh - Brick Lane by Monica Ali *Brazil - The Alchemist by Paul Coehlo * Canada - The Handmai ...

... a little shorter, Anchee Min's Red Azalea deals with many of the same historical events and is quite vividly written. True History of the Kelly Gang, Peter Carey's novelization of Australia's most famous outlaw/folk hero, is fun, informative and poignant. Like most of the people here, I ...

... Gurnah Europe (central) - Zoli by Colum McCann Asia (South) - The Hungry Ocean by Amitav Ghosh Australia - True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey

Finished my Japan trip this morning. Things were a little disappointing there. By my lunch break, I was in Australia with True History of the Kelly Gang. It's pretty interesting there so far.

... interesting slice of post-war Japan but definitely not one of Ishiguro's better works. During my lunch break I started The True History of the Kelly Gang, which took me awhile to get into but I was enjoying it by the endof my train ride home tonight.

... recent Australian novels which I thought had an incredible sense of place are The White Earth by Andrew McGahan, The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey, and The Secret River by Kate Grenville. They are all historical fictions but set at different time periods.

#pilgrimess: I LOVED True History of the Kelly Gang and didn't find any of the problems which you encountered.

#1 Jane Eyre, 4754 users #100 The History of Love. 738 users #155 of 1554 books, The True History of the Kelly Gang, 454 users Last listed of 69 not-shared books, Scottish Fantasy Literature by C. N. Mangrove. Which, since a touchstone appeared whose title is slightly different than ...

... on LT, perhaps from an LT book buddy, on a discussion thread, or while browsing someone's library... I recently read The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey which was sent to me by an Australian LT book buddy. While I had seen the book in the bookstore many times, and was ...

... usually done with a purpose but it irritates me too. I haven't read Absurdistan, but I had the same kind of issue with The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey. It got rave reviews and won the Booker, but it didn't grab me at all. The entire novel is written from the point of ...

I finished The True History of the Kelly Gang; what a great read! I've picked up the relatively short nonfiction book, For Queen and Country: England in the Victorian Age by Margaret Drabble (touchstone not working). My next novel has yet to be decided (perhaps it shall be something from the Vic ...

... Republicans (that's from her sister) and #1 son got a book of hip haikus from his sister. And I got Remember Me and The True History of the Kelly Gang (which came earlier) from at Lthinger half way around the world. Way cool! Interestingly, I got two pairs of book earrings from two ...

I'm reading The True History of the Kelly Gang and...well, I seem to have misplaced my Bill McKibben book BUT I lustily noticed a book on 20th century American poetry in the pile on the coffee table so I may pick up that over the next couple of days. My kids, who are adults, are elsewhere for ...

Having just picked up Peter Carey's The True History of the Kelly Gang and having heard from amandameale about what Australians think of Ned Kelly....it reminded me of Robert Reich's ideas about the four basic American morality tales and wondered if other nations might have similar or different ...

... books that I've ever read--although oddly enough Peter Carey the Australian writer's 2nd Booker prize winning novel True history of the Kelly gang also written at least somewhat in the vernacular would be second favorite Booker prize novel. Another Scottish writer that has come up ...

Killeymoon, I am behind reading messages but had to comment - True History of the Kelly Gang - is very enjoyable. I have just begun some reading about the settlement of Australia and the penal colonies, and this certainly enlightens one about what happened to the generation after the original ...

warbrideslass, I loved The True History of the Kelly Gang--I think Peter Carey is brilliant! You may also like Oscar and Lucinda, also by Carey, which is one of my favorite books of all time.

... Our Mutual Friend; the clocks went back last night so Dickens is perfect for dark evenings in London! I must read True history of the Kelly Gang - unfortunately, I've got a hardback copy and I definitely prefer paperbacks. (I have weak wrists). :)

Just finished The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey. It was a great read and I learned a lot just by his descriptions of what life was like for the first generation after the people from the penal colonies in Australia. It sounds like they were still treated like prisoners and ...

... but it sucked me in. I adored it). Very, very rarely do I give up on a book before that. The last one I did so with was True History of the Kelly Gang. I can appreciate how clever it was for the author to use authentic bushranger grammar, but I got sick of having to edit the novel in my ...

... The Extra Large Medium by Helen Slavin Be Cool by Elmore Leonard Her Privates We by Frederic Manning True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey The Boy in the Striped Pyjamas by John Boyne King Dork by Frank Portman The Thin Place by Kathryn Davis ...