description: Crusading folk hero--or murderous horse thief? Who was the real Ned Kelly? Cary pens a humanistic piece of historical fiction that brims with shootouts, lowdowns and the harshness of colonial life in Australia. Unabridged.
language: English
title: True History of the Kelly Gang
titlecomplete: True History of the Kelly Gang
characters: Edward "Ned" Kelly
genres: Historical, Literature, Crime, Classics, Literary Fiction, Novels, Australia, Westerns, Historical Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 22323
places: Australia
awards: awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Booker Prize, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Miles Franklin Literary Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Victorian Premier's Literary Award
category: Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Queensland Premier's Literary Award
category: Fiction, awardedAt: 1041408000000
name: Prix du Meilleur Livre Étranger
category: Roman, awardedAt: 946713600000
name: Colin Roderick Award, awardedAt: 978336000000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book Overall, awardedAt: 1009872000000
name: Dublin Literary Award
category: Shortlist
publisher: Recorded Books