 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.“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.