The Arts - Sydney - page 489

» 30 Days in Sydney, Peter Carey (2001) A richly nostalgic account of Carey's return to Sydney after 10 years
in New York. His emotions and experiences read like a diary, thematically spanning the four elements of earth,
air, fire and water.
» Quill, Neal Drinnan (2001) A sassy and moving tale of gay love, life and death in Sydney, with party scenes
that many Sydneysiders will relate to.
» In the Gutter…Looking at the Stars , ed Mandy Sayer and Louis Nowra (2000) A spellbinding compilation of
Kings Cross musings, painting a vivid, decade- by-decade portrait of the area.
» The Cross, Mandy Sayer (1995) Set in Kings Cross, and based on the life and unsolved 1975 disappearance of
Sydney publisher Juanita Nielson.
» Oscar & Lucinda , Peter Carey (1988) This unusual tale of 19th-century misfits won Carey his first Booker
prize.
» The Bodysurfers , Robert Drewe (1983) Seductive stories from Sydney's Northern Beaches, calmly tearing
shreds off the Australian suburban idyll.
» The Harp in the South and Poor Man's Orange, Ruth Park (1948 & 1949) Gripping and touching accounts of
impoverished family life in Surry Hills when the suburb was a crowded slum.