Moonlite - Couverture souple

Linnell, Garry

 
9780143795780: Moonlite
Couverture souple
ISBN 10 : 0143795783 ISBN 13 : 9780143795780
Editeur : Penguin Random House Australia, 2021

Synopsis

A gay bushranger with a love of poetry and guns.
A grotesque hangman with a passion for flowers and gardening.
A broken young man desperate for love and respect.
These men - two of them lovers - are about to bring the era of Australia's outlaws to a torrid and bloody climax.
Moonlite is the true and epic story of George Scott, an Irish-born preacher who becomes, along with Ned Kelly, one of Australia's most notorious and celebrated criminals.

Charismatic, intelligent and handsome, George Scott was born into a privileged life in famine-wracked Ireland. His family lost its fortune and fled to New Zealand. There, Scott joins the local militia and after recovering from gunshot wounds, sails to Australia.

One night he dons a mask in a small country town, arms himself with a gun and, dubbing himself Captain Moonlite, brazenly robs a bank before staging one of the country's most audacious jailbreaks. After falling in love with fellow prisoner James Nesbitt, a boyish petty criminal desperately searching for a father figure, Scott finds himself unable to shrug off his criminal past. Pursued and harassed by the police, he stages a dramatic siege and prepares for a final showdown with the law - and a macabre executioner without a nose.

Told at a cracking pace, and based on many of the extensive letters Scott wrote from his death cell, Moonlite is set amid the violent and sexually-repressed era of Australia in the second half of the 19th century.

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À propos de l'auteur

Garry Linnell is one of Australia's most experienced journalists. Born and raised in Geelong, he has won several awards for his writing, including a Walkley for best feature writing. He has been editor-in-chief of The Bulletin, editor of The Daily Telegraph, director of news and current affairs for the Nine Network and editorial director of Fairfax. He is also the author of four previous books.

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Éditeur
Penguin Random House Australia
Date d'édition
2021
Langue
anglais
ISBN 10 
0143795783
ISBN 13 
9780143795780
Reliure
Broché
Nombre de pages
368
Coordonnées du fabricant
non disponible
Personne responsable
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Autres éditions populaires du même titre

9780143795773: Moonlite: The Tragic Love Story of Captain Moonlite and the Bloody End of the Bushrangers

Edition présentée

ISBN 10 :  0143795775 ISBN 13 :  9780143795773
Editeur : Michael Joseph, 2020
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