6.8 /10 1 Votes
Country Australia Publication date 1991 Originally published 1991 Page count 189 ISBN 0330273264 | 3.4/5 Goodreads Language English Pages 189 Genre Fiction Adaptations Ned Kelly (2003) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Publisher Pan Macmillan, Australia Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback) Similar Robert Drewe books, Australia books, Fiction books | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Our Sunshine is a 1991 novel about Ned Kelly by Australian writer Robert Drewe.
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It later served as a source of information for the 2003 film Ned Kelly, directed by Gregor Jordan and starring Heath Ledger, Orlando Bloom, Geoffrey Rush and Naomi Watts.
Reviews
“This is a mesmerizing novel.” Times Literary Supplement
“Robert Drewe’s revisionary – and visionary – novel makes your heart thud.” Time Out, London
“This book is addictive. Drewe’s language is, as ever, astonishing, with every one of his sentences containing a shiver of exactness and immediacy.” New Statesman
“A tour de force…A model of style and passion.” Thomas Shapcott, The Age
“Drewe has performed a remarkable feat of literary sleight-of-hand. . . Our Sunshine is a marvellous book.” Andrew Reimer, Sydney Morning Herald