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'Priests and prostitutes, newspaper men and prize fighters are some of the people brilliantly framed in this novel about the tough, lusty city which is Sydney, and about some extraordinary and vital characters who touch, influence and transform one another's destinies for better or worse.' (Source: 1959 edition)
Notes
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Dedication: For / Ruth
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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Surro
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2017;'Head south on Elizabeth Street, turn left after Devonshire. Butt Street is more of an alley, with a slight kink at the beginning. Apartments and warehouses loom either side. You are walking towards Clisdell Street in August 1940, and on the left in the gutter is the corpse of Bill Smillie, gambler, gunman, SP standover. Next to his body is a dead cat.' (Introduction)
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Best Book You've Never Read : The Big Smoke
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 October 2005; (p. 20)
— Review of The Big Smoke 1959 single work novel -
Sydney's Seamy Side
1961
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 21 no. 1 1961; (p. 52)
— Review of The Big Smoke 1959 single work novel -
Untitled
1960
single work
review
— Appears in: Walkabout , vol. 26 no. 6 1960; (p. 37)
— Review of The Big Smoke 1959 single work novel -
D'Arcy Niland's Sydney
1959
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 30 December vol. 80 no. 4168 1959; (p. 2,58)
— Review of The Big Smoke 1959 single work novel
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Best Book You've Never Read : The Big Smoke
2005
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 22-23 October 2005; (p. 20)
— Review of The Big Smoke 1959 single work novel -
D'Arcy Niland's Sydney
1959
single work
review
— Appears in: The Bulletin , 30 December vol. 80 no. 4168 1959; (p. 2,58)
— Review of The Big Smoke 1959 single work novel -
Untitled
1960
single work
review
— Appears in: Walkabout , vol. 26 no. 6 1960; (p. 37)
— Review of The Big Smoke 1959 single work novel -
Sydney's Seamy Side
1961
single work
review
— Appears in: Southerly , vol. 21 no. 1 1961; (p. 52)
— Review of The Big Smoke 1959 single work novel -
Surro
2017
single work
essay
— Appears in: Sydney Review of Books , November 2017;'Head south on Elizabeth Street, turn left after Devonshire. Butt Street is more of an alley, with a slight kink at the beginning. Apartments and warehouses loom either side. You are walking towards Clisdell Street in August 1940, and on the left in the gutter is the corpse of Bill Smillie, gambler, gunman, SP standover. Next to his body is a dead cat.' (Introduction)
Awards
- 1959 runner up Commonwealth Jubilee Literary Competition — Novel Section
Last amended 1 Mar 2007 15:33:58
Settings:
- Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1900-1999
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