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True History of the Kelly Gang
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... Good Earth, Pearl S Buck
A Clockwork Orange, Anthony Burgess
The Plague, Albert Camus
The Outsider, Albert Camus
The True History of the Kelly Gang , Peter Carey
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland, Lewis Carroll
Don Quixote, Miguel de Cervantes
The Alchemist, Paul Coelho
Infern ...
... definitely want those books anyway.
Found at the Friends of the Library:
The Forsyte Saga by John Gallsworthy
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
and from BetterWorldBooks the first of the 11 I ordered in order to have the 2010 books chosen by my RL Book Club:
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The True History of the Kelly Gang
by Peter Carey
... to read next!
Looks like we have some overlap in our Booker Prize category. I'll be interested to see what you think of The True History of the Kelly Gang and The Bone People. They've been sitting in my TBR pile so long it's shaming!
... winners and nominations
A. Sacred Hunger by Barry Unsworth
B. The God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
C. True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
D. Possession: A Romance by A.S. Byatt
E. The Bone People by Keri Hulme
... Krishnapur by J G Farrell
The Famished Road by Ben Okri
The Bone People by Keri Hulme
The Sea by John Banville
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
How Late It Was, How Late by James Kelman
Electric Michelangelo by Sarah Hall
In The Country of Men by Hisham Matar
Oceania Reads:
done:
1. Something of Samoa, Gavin Young
tbr:
2.The True History of the Kelly Gang , Peter Carey
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... All the Fish are on my shelves.
6. Books set in Australia -- I have Eucalyptus by Murray Bail (touchstone won't stick), The True History of the Kelly Gang , 30 Days in Sydney, My 3 Lives by G.J. Rover (touchstone goes to Dracula?!), The Lemon Tree by Rae Desmond Jones (touchstone keeps ...
I'm so glad I found this thread (via the Kitchen Sink thread). This sounds perfect for me. I don't want to read 100 books in a year!
(Thanks for the tip; I've set up my own thread for my 10 categories -- although this time I absolutely could NOT get one of the touchstones to come up right!)
... for very cheap (and it's basically brand new, I love when that happens) so I'll be starting that soon.
In the middle of True History of the Kelly Gang right now and it's FANTASTIC.
And I managed to find an anthology of gay Australian writing that I ordered on Amazon.com. I'm really ...
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey. One of many books on my Mt TBR.
... the characters didn't appeal to me (I think I see a pattern) which has put me off reading the book. But I really enjoyed The True History of the Kelly Gang and Jack Maggs. Shame that book has put you off pinkozcat.
Pam I think you've put me off The Great Fire sounds terrible. The others ...
... by Murray Bail. Although Sorry sounds good too, I think the Bail novel might be a better 'holiday' read for me.
The True History of the Kelly Gang was also recommended to me (by Bonnie), so I will eventually read that too, and Oscar and Lucinda. Hmmm, seems I'm compiling a huge Auss ...
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Wake in Fright is a good one for the Australian outback.
Gallipoli was important in Australia's consciousness.
True history of the Kelly Gang is a novel about our most infamous bushranger.
Tim is an easy read by an important Australian Author, Colleen McCullough, she also wrote ...
I loved The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey. Of course, there's also Oscar and Lucinda. A long time ago, I read The Bone People which I really liked, but it was bit depressing/dark--not necessarily a summer read. Hmmm...those were off the top of my head--I'll have to go check ...
... now. I definitely need to track down a copy. I am adding Potiki to the Continent, too.
#92: I tried reading Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang , which won the Booker, and I did not even get to the 50 page point in it. I think he is an author I will be passing over. Your reaction to ...
... and Lucinda so will probably read it eventually. My tbr book pile here is massive and I keep adding to it. I also have The true history of the Kelly Gang .
I'm currently reading two Israeli novels Beaufort and Black Box and have The Savage Detectives poised to get back into as well.
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Had I done the slightest bit of research before starting to read this book, I would have known that Ned Kelly and his "ga ...
... I've slowed down my already lagging pace as far as reading goes, even though I'm truly enjoying my latest selection, The True History of the Kelly Gang . Either my eyes refuse to follow the sentences as they should, or I fall asleep after reading just one page or two... I hope this ...
Loved The True History of the Kelly Gang ! I'm a total sucker for books that combine coming-of-age stories with history, adventure, and/or multi-cultural themes--and this one has all three. Happy reading!
... by Paul Auster
15. All the Pretty Horses by Cormac McCarthy
16. The Monsters of Templeton by Lauren Groff
17. True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
18. The Sea by John Banville
19. Catch-22 by Joseph Heller
20. Litte Bee by Chris Cleave (Early Reviewer book)
Of ...
How about True History of the Kelly Gang , by Peter Carey.
... reading much more often, even with books I feel I really should finish.
A few examples of books I couldn't finish:
* A true history of the Kelly gang: Peter Carey
* A confederacy of dunces: John Kennedy Toole
* Ludmila's broken english: DBC Pierre
These are highly acclaimed books, ...
... read some books in other categories
Category 4 Australian books
Swords and Crowns and Rings
The Last Mile Home
True History of the Kelly Gang
Category 7 - short stories
Along with The Oxford Book of Modern Women's Stories
I've also read a book of short stories by Darcy Nil ...
I know what you mean about having to work at O&L, teelgee. But it was worth it. I think you'd enjoy True History of the Kelly Gang (I haven't read any of Carey's other books yet, so can't comment on them).
I have read Jack maggs, Theft and The true History of the Kelly Gang and I liked every one of them, even though they are all completely different in style and theme. I also have 4 others on my shelves and I'm trying to resist taking His Illegal Self out of the library!
Theft is a very A ...
... I still can't figure out how it got any award, much less the Man-Booker! My favorites: Paddy Clarke Ha! Ha! Ha!, True History of the Kelly Gang , The Inheritance of Loss, Life of Pi, and God of Small Things.
Category 3. BookCrossing books from 2007:
1. 30 Days in Sydney by Peter Carey
2. The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
3. Passage to America by Terry Coleman
(4. Adventures at Mitchell Lake by William Corbett finished 1-18-09)
5. Country Roads of Iowa by Loralee We ...
...
The Fatal Shore, Robert Hughes
The Plains, Gerald Murnane
Monkey Grip, Helen Garner
Our Sunshine, Robert Drewe
True History of the Kelly Gang , Peter Carey
Lilian's Story, Kate Grenville
My Place, Sally Morgan
Cloudstreet, Tim Winton
... Murray Bail
4. A Fortunate Life, AB Facey
5. Power without Glory, Frank Hardy
6. The Pea Pickers, Eve Langley
7. True History of the Kelly Gang , Peter Carey
8. Gould's Book of Fish, Richard Flanagan
9. Lucinda Brayford, Martin Boyd
... are not very original choices, but here are few books I enjoyed. Many are coming-of-age stories as well.
Australia: True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
Egypt: Palace Walk by Naguib Mahfouz
Germany: Maus, A Survivor's Tale by Art Spiegelman or Stones from the River by U ...
... novels
Oscar and Lucinda , Peter Carey
My Life As a Fake , Peter Carey
The True History of the Kelly Gang The Secret River , Kate Grenville
Eucalyptus , Murray Bail
My Brilliant Career , M ...
... by Gail Jones
99. The Girls by Lori Lansens
100. True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
YAY!!
101. Cat's Eye by Margaret Atwood
102. The ...
... that category.
My problem is that I start to go... and The Trial and The Plague and Cry, the Beloved Country and True History of the Kelly Gang and... before I know where I am I've stuffed the category with hundreds of books! Which I suppose doesn't work really.
... e
4.The Line of Beauty by Alan Hollinghurst
5.Vernon God Little by DBC Pierre
6.Life of Pi by Yann Martel
7.True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey
8.Disgrace by J. M Coetzee
9.Amsterdam by Ian McEwan
Hugo Awards
1.Rainbows End by Vernor Vinge
2.Spin ...
... Franklin books and if time allows I shall get them read this month as well as The Orchard by Drusilla Modjeski and The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey.
... - Dagboek van Serafino Gubbio, cameraman
Booker Prize
Aravind Adiga - The White Tiger (2008)
Peter Carey - True History of the Kelly Gang (2001)
Prix Goncourt
Jonathan Littell - De welwillenden (2006)
Premio Strega
Paolo Giordano - La solitudine dei numeri ...
... who isn't telling us something, which adds menace to the back-story she is hiding.
- The outlaw Ned Kelly in Peter Carey's True History of the Kelly Gang - a narrator with Irish fire in his belly, a colorful turn of phrase and a disregard for punctuation.
... this because of Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress which was a great book). Spookily I have The Secret River and The True History of the Kelly Gang on my tottering 'to read' pile so this will give me a good excuse to toss Balzac to one side.
I was in Australia learning about the true history of the Kelly Gang . Now, I am in Africa walking along The famished road.
... to argue with me over that, particularly if you're Australian). Thus I would be more in favor of us reading books like The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey, The Secret River by Kate Grenville or Carpentaria by Alexis Wright as opposed to reading March by Geraldine Brooks ...
... 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 ...
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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
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57. The Book of Lamentations - review
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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.
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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 ...
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