Carey modelled his style off the most famous surviving piece of Ned Kelly’s own writing, The Jerilderie letter. All of the stylistic punctuation and grammar choices felt quite natural – because it was. There’s no punctuation for speech, which normally I would find pretentious and annoying ( looking at you, Richard Flanagan!), but in this case it didn’t bother me at all. As I recall, True History Of The Kelly Gang is the first book I’ve read written in a uniquely Australian dialect or vernacular (albeit one that is clearly heavily influenced by the Kelly family’s Irish roots). It’s a pretty good example of the tone and style of the book on the whole, which some people hate, and others love – I’m definitely one of the latter. of age and know what it is to be raised on lies and silences my dear daughter you are presently too young to understand a word I write but this history is for you and will contain no single lie may I burn in Hell if I speak false.” Blurb, True History Of The Kelly Gang The opening line serves as the blurb on the back, and it’s powerful as all heck: This edition is absolutely gorgeous, I was blown away by the design and layout clearly, the designers took a lot of time and care with it, and they did a bang-up job.
True History Of The Kelly Gang won the Booker Prize in 2001 (always good to see an Aussie author get an international gong!), and the Commonwealth Writers Prize that same year, along with about a dozen other awards and short-listings. … and people have had plenty to say about it, believe me! Let’s start with the good stuff.
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