A breathless adventure, both a lament and a tribute, a boy's defence of his mother and a man's confiding letter to the daughter he will never meet. Carey explores the emotional life and times of our most potent legend, Ned Kelly. Winner of 2001 Booker Prize. 2004-5 HSC Advanced English prescribed text: Module C; Elective 3.A breathless adventure, both a lament and a tribute, a boy's defence of his mother and a man's confiding letter to the daughter he will never meet. Carey explores the emotional life and times of our most potent legend, Ned Kelly. Winner of 2001 Booker Prize. 2004-5 HSC Advanced English prescribed text: Module C; Elective 3. Winner of The Commonwealth Writer's Prize Best Book South East Asia and South Pacific 2001 and Booker Prize for Fiction 2001. Short-listed for Tasmania Pacific Rim Region Prizes: Fiction 2003 and IMPAC Dublin Literary Award 2002 and Book Data/ABA Book of the Year Award 2000.