True History of the Kelly Gang
Australian novelist, born 1943. Won the Booker Prize in 1988 and 2001.
True History of the Kelly Gang is a 2000 novel by Peter Carey. It won the Booker Prize in 2001.
On 3 of the 18 lists it was eligible for.
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At a glance
- Author
- Peter Carey
- First published
- 2000
- Length
- 432 pages (UK paperback)
- Awards
- Booker Prize winner, 2001
- Genre
- Historical fiction, Crime, Empire and colonialism, Adventure
Is True History of the Kelly Gang worth reading?
3 of the 18 best-of lists it could have made include it, among them the Booker Prize and The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian).
| List | Place | Original |
|---|---|---|
| Booker Prize (winners and shortlists) (Booker Prize Foundation, 2001) | Winner | See the list |
| The 100 best books of the 21st century (The Guardian, 2019) | No. 53 | See the list |
| The 100 best novels written in English (The Guardian / Observer, 2015) | Listed | See the list |
Best edition of True History of the Kelly Gang
The edition we link to is the Faber & Faber paperback (2011), 432 pages.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber (paperback, 2011)
- Pages
- 432
- ISBN
- 9780571270156
How critics, prizes and readers rate True History of the Kelly Gang
Prize juries rate it most highly: it earned 50% of the points available on prize lists, against 17% on critics' lists and 0% on readers' and booksellers' lists.
Share of the available points it earned on each kind of list it was eligible for. How the scores work
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