Firstly thanks to Ally for a great book and meeting at Unas Doma Beer Cafe.
I am really enjoying Zsolt's book. I am particularly enjoying the vernacular used by Carey and was wondering how much he 'improved' on it and how much as Ned Kelly's true style. Here is a link to the National Museum of Australia's transcript / pictures of the famous Jerilderie Letter 'I am a Widow's Son, outlawed and my orders must be obeyed'.
http://www.nma.gov.au/collections/collection_interactives/
or
http://www.slv.vic.gov.au/collections/treasures/jerilderieletter1.html
There is also a good website from the Victorian Public Records Office with documents re the Kelly outbreak:
http://nedonline.imagineering.net.au/main.htm
And here is a link to the Benalla Costume & Pioneer museum - you can see a picture of Ned's 'sash'
http://home.vicnet.net.au/~benmus/kelly.htm
Sunday, October 4, 2009
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Frank's past books
- 20 101 Days - A Baghdad Journal by Åsne Seierstad (Sophie)
- 19 The Brain That Changes Itself by Norman Doidge (Richella)
- 18 The Unconscious Civilisation by John Ralston Saul (Jaan)
- 17 My Uncle Oswald by Roald Dahl (Naz)
- 16 The Savage Detectives by Roberto Bolaño (Matt)
- 15 Steppenwolf by Hermann Hesse (Todd)
- 14 Revolutionary Road by Richard Yates (Karinn)
- 13 The True History of the Kelly Gang by Peter Carey (Zsolt)
- 12 The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier and Clay by Michael Chabon (Ally)
- 11 Dead Europe by Christos Tsiolkas (Tony)
- 10 The Heart of a Dog by Mikhail Bulgakov (Stepan)
- 9 All Quiet On The Western Front by Erich Maria Remarque (Richella)
- 8 A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini (Georgie)
- 7 Our Man in Havana by Graham Greene (Colin)
- 6 Diaspora by Greg Egan (Jaan)
- 5 The Wind Up Bird Chronicle by Haruki Murakami (Todd)
- 4 Symbols of Man by Carl Jung (Naz)
- 3 Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (Matt)
- 2 Confederacy of Dunces by John Kennedy Toole (Karinn)
- 1 The God Delusion by Richard Dawkins (Zsolt)