The Big Smoke (novel)

The Big Smoke (1959) is a novel by Australian writer D'Arcy Niland.Austlit - The Big Smoke by D'Arcy Niland

Plot summary Set in Sydney in the early part of the twentieth century, the novel is a series of stories told from the perspective of people associated with the son of an indigenous boxer, Chiddy Hay.

Critical reception On its original publication in the USA Kirkus Review found: "The conglomerate that makes up a big city, from aboriginal to white, evil to good, and youth to age, has a sense of panorama, always colored by the Big Smoke, which is seen and recorded with observant detail.""The Big Smoke by D'Arcy Niland", Kirkus Review, 31 May 1961

See also 1959 in Australian literature

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