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... True History of the Kelly Gang contains pretty much everything you could ask of a novel. ...
True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey is a roller coaster bursting with action, emotion, and bad grammar. ... Written as a series of autobiographical letters to Ned’s daughter it flows like a dream starting from Ned’s earliest childhood memories and leading off to his final pivotal stand. ...
One of the most distinctive features of the novel is the language used to penetrate Ned’s innermost thoughts and psyche and bring his dynamic world to life. ... Ned is a very opinionated and uses often-colourful language to express his thoughts on certain people and issues. ...
Ned is a boy forced by circumstance to grow up fast and take on adult responsibilities and obligations. ... This novel shows great contrasts and similarities between Ned’s and our separate worlds. ... The strong ‘human’ characteristics such as adulterous behavior and erratic emotional states shown by so many of the characters such as Harry Power, Ellen Kelly, and of course Ned himself, make this novel not only about a gang of outlaws but human behavior, ethics and morals. ...
There is running theme of powerlessness throughout novel, with Ned’s character having little choice of what to with his life from his highs such as saving the drowning Dick Shelton and lows such as finding out his Mary’s baby’s father was George King. ... There are certain parts of the book, which are written as actual newspaper articles or from other points of view, as both a change of pace and obviously out of need as Ned hasn’t ever the chance to describe his final battle or cant remember his hardcore boxing match.
Approximate Word count = 1263
Approximate Pages = 5.1
(250 words per page double spaced)
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