{"product_id":"tall-man-a-death-in-aboriginal-australia-paperback","title":"Tall Man: A Death in Aboriginal Australia - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eChloe Hooper\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIn 2004 on Palm Island, an Aboriginal settlement in the \"Deep North\" of Australia, a thirty-six-year-old man named Cameron Doomadgee was arrested for swearing at a white police officer.\u003c\/b\u003e Forty minutes later he was dead in the jailhouse. The police claimed he'd tripped on a step, but his liver was ruptured. The main suspect was Senior Sergeant Christopher Hurley, a charismatic cop with long experience in Aboriginal communities and decorations for his work. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eChloe Hooper was asked to write about the case by the pro bono lawyer who represented Cameron Doomadgee's family. He told her it would take a couple of weeks. She spent three years following Hurley's trail to some of the wildest and most remote parts of Australia, exploring Aboriginal myths and history and the roots of brutal chaos in the Palm Island community. Her stunning account goes to the heart of a struggle for power, revenge, and justice. Told in luminous detail, \u003ci\u003eTall Man\u003c\/i\u003e is as urgent as \u003ci\u003eBury My Heart at Wounded Knee\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Executioner's Song.\u003c\/i\u003e It is the story of two worlds clashing\u003cb\u003e--\u003c\/b\u003eand a haunting moral puzzle that no reader will forget.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eChloe Hooper's most recent book is the bestselling \u003ci\u003eThe Arsonist: A\u003c\/i\u003e\u003ci\u003e Mind on Fire\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003ci\u003eThe Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island\u003c\/i\u003e won the Victorian, New South Wales, West Australian and Queensland Premiers' 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 acclaimed novels, \u003ci\u003eA Child's Book of True Crime\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Engagement\u003c\/i\u003e. She lives in Melbourne with her partner and her two sons.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 272\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.75 x 8.37 x 5.43 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eIllustrated:\u003c\/strong\u003e Yes\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e April 19, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"BooksCloud","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52624059564339,"sku":"9781416561613","price":27.72,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0300\/5595\/6612\/files\/U1JuOHlVbk03aFFwbDdicjhlc1VnQT09.webp?v=1761994598","url":"https:\/\/www.vysn.com\/en-ca\/products\/tall-man-a-death-in-aboriginal-australia-paperback","provider":"VYSN","version":"1.0","type":"link"}