[ebooktalk] Re: BOOKER BOOKS was Re: Re: Alison's books.
- From: Ian Macrae <ian.macrae1@xxxxxxx>
- To: ebooktalk@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Wed, 5 Jun 2013 08:08:33 +0100
I remember RB used to be a guest quite regularly on Any Questions over here in
my youth Elaine. To be fair, I don't think Carey sanctifies Ned Kelly and his
gang. He sets out to tell the story of oppression and injustice which I guess
was an all too common one at that time and in those social conditions.
On 5 Jun 2013, at 03:52, Elaine Harris (Rivendell) wrote:
> Must confess I could be had up in front of the House of UnAustralian
> activities for this but am bored to death by the sanctification of the Kelly
> Gang here; revered would be an understatement, so a book on them holds no
> interest. Australian writer, Russell Braddon, endeared himself to me when he
> described them as “A bunch of thugs”.
>
> Russell Braddon’s novel, “Endplay”, is a delicious little mystery and his
> account of life in Changi and on the Thai-Burma Railway, “The Naked Island”
> pulls no punches. He was captured by the Japanese on his 21st birthday.
>
> Take care,
>
> Elaine
>
>
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> On Behalf Of Trish Talbot
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>
> Istarted "Oscar and Lucinda" many years ago. I think I was going on holiday
> or something, and was finding it very slow anyway, so I gave up on it. I had
> "The Kelly Gang" from the local library a while ago, but also abandonned
> that, partly because I heard Peter Carey interviewed on the radio and he
> admitted that Ned Kelly didn't have a daughter, and also because I got bored
> with the style of his writing.
>
> Trish.
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> From: Shell
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> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 6:43 PM
> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: BOOKER BOOKS was Re: Re: Alison's books.
>
> Clare, I also had to give up on Jack Maggs and another one he wrote, which I
> forget now. I did, however, really enjoy the Kelly Gang, which I borrowed
> from Calibre many years ago on cassette.
> I find him quite hard going though.
> Shell.
>
>
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> From: "Clare Gailans" <cgailans@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, June 04, 2013 12:17 PM
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> Subject: [ebooktalk] Re: BOOKER BOOKS was Re: Re: Alison's books.
>
> > Ian, I have been recommended before to read Oscar and Lucinda. The trouble
> > is, I hated his Jack Maggs and couldn't bring myself to read the Kelly Gang
> > when the library sent it to Voldi in braille. I sometimes like Booker books
> > but sometimes loathe them, so I don't really make a point of reading them,
> > not at the appropriate time anyway. Clare
> >
> >
> >
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