Ned Kelly

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Summary: ned kelly is a winner
Review: I must admit that the only reason i got interested in Ned Kelly was because of the movie with Orlando Bloom.But, I read the book and have immensly enjoyed the emotional story of a man dedicated to helping the abused Irish toiling under the English. When you read 5 times after aqcuiring it like I did, you will become attached. It is a wonderfully written book mixing fiction into the fact about this brave outlaws life. Robert Drewe makes it very explainitory and metaphoric. The characters running from the police seem so real.

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Summary: Mesmerizing
Review: You don't have to be familiar with Australian bushranger Ned Kelly and his gang's crime spree in 1887-1880--this novel is about the man confronting his own mythic notoriety as he's holed up in a small town to make one last stand. Other reviews have called the narrative impressionistic, and I can't do better than that. Drewe creates dreamlike scenes from Kelly's life evoking the physical world of heat, dust, ants, parakeets, mud, rain, fire to anchor them. It's an amazing book that you won't be able to put down. One note: the original title of this novel is "Our Sunshine"--this is the movie tie-in edition.