2009, ISBN: 0224084666

[EAN: 9780224084666], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 2.42], [PU: Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London], CHLOE HOOPER THE TALL MAN DEATH AND LIFE ON PALM ISLAND, Palm Island may be t… Mehr…

[EAN: 9780224084666], Gebraucht, guter Zustand, [SC: 2.42], [PU: Vintage Publishing, United Kingdom, London], CHLOE HOOPER THE TALL MAN DEATH AND LIFE ON PALM ISLAND, Palm Island may be the most beautiful tropical island in Australia, but its name is synonymous with violence. It is home to one of the country's largest Aboriginal communities, descendants of people torn from their own lands, their clans and their families in the era of the Stolen Generation. In 2004 Cameron Doomadgee, a 36-year-old resident of the island, was arrested for swearing at a white police officer and locked in the cells. Within forty-five minutes he was dead. The police claimed he'd tripped on a step, but the Government pathologist later said that his injuries were consistent with a car or plane crash. The community rioted and burnt down the police station. The main suspect was Senior Sergeant Christopher Hurley, a tall, handsome, charismatic cop with long experience in Aboriginal communities and decorations for his work.Chloe Hooper's The Tall Man: Life and Death on Palm Island recounts this story with the pace of a thriller. Following Hurley's trail to some of the wildest and most remote parts of Australia, she explores Aboriginal myths and history and uncovers buried secrets of white mischief. Atmospheric, gritty and original, The Tall Man is an absorbing and moving account of the lives of people of Palm Island, of the Doomadgee family as they struggle to understand what happened to their brother, and of the complex, enigmatic figure, Hurley. Hooper combines reportage with a novelist's command of character to tell a story that takes readers not only inside the courtroom and the notorious Queensland police force, but into Australia's indigenous communities - and to the heart of a struggle for power, revenge and justice. The book has been read but remains in clean condition. All pages are intact and the cover is intact. Some minor wear to the spine., Books<

2009, ISBN: 9780224084666

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2001, ISBN: 9780224084666

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