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'Greta, Victoria, 1911.
A thunder-storm forces journalist Brian Cookson to seek shelter at a roadside cottage; he is taken in by three little girls and the old woman they call Gran. Cookson starts to explain that he has to write a story about Dan Kelly and Steve Hart of the Kelly Gang being alive and well in South Africa. The old woman spins round and glares.
' "Lies, lies, lies!"
'Cookson is dumbfounded.
"But how can you know?"
"I am his mother."
'Will she ever trust a newspaper man with the truth about living like a Kelly?' (Publication summary)
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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‘If the World Was Just a Sock’
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , October vol. 19 no. 2 2015;
— Review of Living like a Kelly : A Novel 2015 single work novel
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‘If the World Was Just a Sock’
2015
single work
review
— Appears in: TEXT : Journal of Writing and Writing Courses , October vol. 19 no. 2 2015;
— Review of Living like a Kelly : A Novel 2015 single work novel
Awards
- 2016 longlisted Davitt Award — Best Adult Crime Novel
Last amended 15 Jun 2016 13:33:32
Settings:
- Greta, Wangaratta area, North East Victoria, Victoria,
- 1911
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