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John Gray	Ned Kelly - True History (51* d)	RE: BS: Ned Kelly - True History	14 Jan 02
Airto, This is a novel by one of Australia's most gifted and famous authors. There is a degree of critism here in the literary world regarding his choice of the title, The True History, when in fact its a novel. The worry is that future readers will think it's a biography. I don't think Kelly ever tried to get the story of his life published but he did try to have certain events put to print. The word "adjectival" does not crack a feature in the Penguin book of Australian Slang and I've never heard it used in the manner that Carey does. That's not to say it didn't have some currency over a hundred years ago but I would be surprised if so. As far as I'm aware Ned's child is a figment of the novelist's mind. JG/FME

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