'True History of the Kelly Gang' drops us into the heart of Australia's bushranger lore, through a novelized account of Ned Kelly, the nation's most iconic outlaw. Written with raw intensity, Peter Carey crafts Kelly's autobiographical narrative using a series of unschooled yet vividly descriptive journal entries. We witness the world through Kelly's eyes: from the injustices thrust upon his Irish-immigrant family, leading to his mother's imprisonment, to the thrilling exploits that made him a folk hero. Carey immerses readers in the 19th-century Australian frontier, where Kelly's transformation from an oppressed son to a symbol of rebellion strands us at the crossroads of myth and history.