This Mortal Boy [electronic resource]
Fiona Kidman2019
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Paddy Black killed a man. But does he deserve to hang? Market: Maggie O'Farrell,
Anne Enright • Compelling courtroom drama with emotional heart • Based on real
case which the author is campaigning to be considered a miscarriage of justice.
Current interest in true crime cases eg Serial, Making a Murderer • The events
in the novel contributed to the abolition of the death penalty in New Zealand -
an account of Albert Black's hanging was so harrowing it contributed to a tide
of revulsion against the death penalty • Kidman is brilliant at imagining the
lives of real people - as she did with aviator Jean Batten in The Infinite Air.
She is drawn to outsiders facing prejudice and injustice, often depicting
women's experience - so choosing to focus on the life of young man Albert Black
is a departure for her • New Zealand's foremost literary fiction writer -
award-winning, Legion d'honneur, OBE. Building profile outside ANZ - The Times
called her 'a beautiful writer' • Insight int...
Main title:
This Mortal Boy [electronic resource] / Fiona Kidman
Author:
Fiona Kidman, Author
Imprint:
[Place of publication not identified] : Aardvark Bureau, 2019
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781910709597
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
435070
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |