Booker Prize ぶっかーしょう
Edition 33 (2001)
Literary prizeEnglish-language long fictionInternational literary prize (English works)
Winners
1 peopleAn unusual historical novel narrated through the voice of Australian outlaw Ned Kelly. The first-person, dialect-inflected narration and fragmentary letters force a reconsideration of heroism, violence, and resistance to colonial authority.
An outlaw's voice rethinks what a hero story can be.
384 pages
historylegend and heroismcolonialismnarrative techniqueviolence and resistance