$25.51
- Paperback
288 pages
- Release Date
8 September 2009
Summary
The Tall Man: Death and Justice on Palm Island
The Tall Man is the story of Palm Island, the tropical paradise where one morning Cameron Doomadgee swore at a policeman and forty minutes later lay dead in a watch-house cell.
It is the story of that policeman, the tall, enigmatic Christopher Hurley who chose to work in some of the toughest and wildest places in Australia, and of the struggle to bring him to trial.
Above all, it is a story in luminous detail of two worl…
Book Details
| ISBN-13: | 9780143010661 |
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| ISBN-10: | 0143010662 |
| Author: | Chloe Hooper |
| Publisher: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Imprint: | Penguin Random House Australia |
| Format: | Paperback |
| Number of Pages: | 288 |
| Release Date: | 8 September 2009 |
| Weight: | 270g |
| Dimensions: | 198mm x 131mm x 21mm |
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About The Author
Chloe Hooper
Chloe Hooper’s The Tall Man- Death and Life on Palm Island (2008) won the Victorian, New South Wales, West Australian and Queensland Premier’s Literary Awards, as well as the John Button Prize for Political Writing, and a Ned Kelly Award for crime writing. She is also the author of two novels, A Child’s Book of True Crime and The Engagement.
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