When Cameron Doomadgee, a 36-year-old member of the Aboriginal community of Palm Island, was arrested for swearing at a white police officer, he was dead within forty-five minutes of being locked up. The police claimed he'd tripped on a step, but the pathologist likened his injuries to those received in a plane crash. The main suspect was the handsome, charismatic Senior Sergeant Christopher Hurley, an experienced cop with decorations for his work. In following Hurley's trail to some of the wildest and most remote parts of Australia, Chloe Hooper explores Aboriginal myths and history and uncovers buried secrets of white mischief. Atmospheric, gritty and original, The Tall Man takes readers to the heart of a struggle for power, revenge and justice.
Vorwort
'A powerful non-fiction novel in the tradition of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood' - Sunday Telegraph
Autorentext
Vorwort
'A powerful non-fiction novel in the tradition of Truman Capote's In Cold Blood' - Sunday Telegraph
Autorentext
Chloe Hooper was born in 1973. Her highly praised first novel, A Child's Book of True Crime (2002), was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. Her Observer article about the Doomadgee case, 'Island of Lost Souls', was shortlisted for the Amnesty International Media Awards. She is also the author of The Engagement and The Tall Man, which won seven major literary awards in Australia.
Titel
The Tall Man
Untertitel
Death and Life on Palm Island
Autor
EAN
9781407021065
Format
E-Book (epub)
Hersteller
Herausgeber
Digitaler Kopierschutz
Adobe-DRM
Dateigrösse
0.92 MB
Anzahl Seiten
272
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