The Tall Man: Death and Life on Palm Island

Author(s): Chloe Hooper

Australian Studies

The story of a death, a policeman, an island and a country.The Tall Manis the story of Palm Island, the tropical paradise where one morning Cameron Doomadgee swore at a policeman and forty minutes later lay dead in a watch-house cell. It is the story of that policeman, the tall, enigmatic Christopher Hurley who chose to work in some of the toughest and wildest places in Australia, and of the struggle to bring him to trial. Above all, it is a story in luminous detail of two worlds clashing - and a haunting moral puzzle that no reader will forget.


Product Information

General Fields

  • : 9780143010661
  • : PENGUIN AUSTRALIA PTY LTD
  • : Penguin
  • : 0.273
  • : September 2009
  • : 198mm X 129mm
  • : books

Special Fields

  • : Paperback
  • : Chloe Hooper