The Tall Man

byChloe Hooper

Death and Life on Palm Island

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When Cameron Doomadgee, a 36-year-old member of the Aboriginal community of Palm Island, was arrested for swearing at a white police officer, he was dead within forty-five minutes of being locked up. The police claimed he'd tripped on a step, but the pathologist likened his injuries to those received in a plane crash. The main suspect was the handsome, charismatic Senior Sergeant Christopher Hurley, an experienced cop with decorations for his work.

In following Hurley's trail to some of the wildest and most remote parts of Australia, Chloe Hooper explores Aboriginal myths and history and uncovers buried secrets of white mischief. Atmospheric, gritty and original, The Tall Man takes readers to the heart of a struggle for power, revenge and justice.

Chloe Hooper's masterful book of reportage is a kind of moral thriller about power, wretchedness and violence

Philip Roth

About Chloe Hooper

Chloe Hooper’s first novel, A Child’s Book of True Crime, was shortlisted for the Orange Prize. She has written lauded nonfiction about Australia, including The Tall Man which follows the investigation of an Aboriginal man’s death in custody, and The Arsonist, the investigation of a deliberately lit wildfire. Most recently she has co-authored, with Helen Garner and Sarah Krasnostein, The Mushroom Tapes: Conversations on a Triple Murder Trial; it is forthcoming later this month from Text Publishing in Australia and Weidenfeld & Nicholson in the UK.
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  • Imprint: Vintage
  • ISBN: 9780099520764
  • Length: 272 pages
  • Dimensions: 216mm x 20mm x 135mm
  • Weight: 272g
  • Price: £15.99
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