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'A thriller, a love story, a tale of the city.
'I looked out my window one morning and there she was, Gina Delgado, dressed up like a peacock in her high heels and all, standing between my front gate and a moving bulldozer, with her arms and legs apart in this sort of over my dead body pose, see?
'An inner-city community is under threat from the developers and their crooked friends. One woman leads the battle against them, a battle fought in nightclubs and council chambers, in hotel rooms and high on rooftops.
'Eleven characters reveal their memorable, interweaving lives and deaths in this passionate and controversial novel.'(Publication summary)
Notes
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Dedication: for Yusef
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Epigraph: 'Oh, what a shallow village tale our so-called History is.' Emerson
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Other Formats
- Also sound recording.
Works about this Work
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[Review] The Cross
2000-
single work
review
— Appears in: CrossLines
— Review of The Cross 1995 single work novel -
Activist Battle Produces Conflict
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 10 no. 2 1996; (p. 143)
— Review of The Cross 1995 single work novel -
An Obscure Version of the Truth
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 22 April 1996; (p. 25)
— Review of The Cross 1995 single work novel -
Streets Ahead
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 February 1996; (p. rev 17)
— Review of The Cross 1995 single work novel -
Rhythm and Blues
1996
single work
biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 13 January 1996; (p. 13)
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[Review] The Cross
2000-
single work
review
— Appears in: CrossLines
— Review of The Cross 1995 single work novel -
Unreliable Cross Stories : Mandy Sayer's New Novel
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1995-1996) no. 178 1995; (p. 41-42)
— Review of The Cross 1995 single work novel -
Sleaze City Victims
1995
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 December 1995; (p. 14)
— Review of The Cross 1995 single work novel -
Streets Ahead
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 February 1996; (p. rev 17)
— Review of The Cross 1995 single work novel -
An Obscure Version of the Truth
1996
single work
review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 22 April 1996; (p. 25)
— Review of The Cross 1995 single work novel -
The Year of Living Dangerously
1996
single work
column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 28 January 1996; (p. 8) -
Extracts from an Interview with Mandy Sayer
1995
single work
interview
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1995-1996) no. 178 1995; (p. 42) -
Rhythm and Blues
1996
single work
biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 13 January 1996; (p. 13)
Awards
Last amended 17 Mar 2020 13:39:42
Settings:
- Kings Cross, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
- 1970s
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