![]() Since it is written in Ned’s voice, one may expect a sympathetic portrayal. ![]() He is apprenticed to bushranger Harry Power, where he learns the trade of an “honorable thief.” The storyline follows his increasing level of crime and his motivations.Ĭarey gets into the head of the protagonist, imagining the majority of the content and wrapping it around the main factual events in Kelly’s life. His father died when he was young, so he and his mother developed a close relationship. Ned Kelly was the eldest son of Ellen and John “Red” Kelly, an Irish transported convict. When I first picked it up, I thought it was non-fiction (just reading the title) however, I quickly realized it is a fictitious memoir, with Ned Kelly writing his life story to his infant daughter. ![]() Historical fiction about the life of notorious Australian outlaw Ned Kelly (1854-1880). ![]()
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