| ISBN |
9781761150296 (paperback) |
| Name |
Box, Dan author. |
| Title |
The man who wasn't there / Dan Box. |
| Published |
Gadigal Country ; Ultimo, NSW : Ultimo Press, 2023. |
| ©2023 |
| Description |
vii, 311 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm |
| Notes |
Cultural sensitivity advisory notice: Aboriginal, Torres Strait Islander and other First Nations people are advised that this item may contain names, recordings, images, photographs, illustrations and text of deceased people and other content that may be culturally sensitive. |
| Summary |
Zak Grieve grew up in an outback town, at the crossroads between right and wrong, white and Black, punishment and forgiving. Convicted of the brutal killing of Ray Nicefero, despite even the judge saying he wasn't there when it happened, he spent years writing letters describing his hopes and dreams, his role in what happened, and how when the real world came down on him with a tonne of punishment, he wasn't ready. This is a book about growing up, about dying and about writing. In the end, it is only Zak's imagination, given life in the novels he also writes inside prison, that hold the key to his survival. |
| Subjects |
Nicefero, Ray |
| Grieve, Zak |
| Aboriginal Australians -- Legal status, laws, etc. -- Northern Territory |
| Murder -- Northern Territory -- Katherine |
| Letter writing |
| Genre |
True crime stories |
| First Nations |
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