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Top 10 Top 10 Novels set in Sydney

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  • 1. A Timeless Land (1941)

    This novel by Eleanor Dark includes several historical Sydney characters.

  • 2. Come in Spinner (1951)

    By Dymphna Cusack and Florence James. A group of Sydney women are thrown into turmoil during WWII.

  • 3. They’re a Weird Mob (1957)

    Memoirs of John O’Grady, an “Italian immigrant journalist” turned builders’ labourer.

  • 4. Riders in the Chariot (1961)

    A satire by Patrick White.

  • 5. Careful He Might Hear You (1963)

    By Sumner Locke Elliot. A 1930s orphan resists his aunt’s efforts to adopt him.

  • 6. The Glass Canoe (1976)

    David Ireland’s darkly comic novel is set in the masculine world of a suburban pub.

  • 7. Puberty Blues (1979)

    A coming-of-age 1970s beach culture story by Kathy Lette and Gabrielle Carey.

  • 8. Oscar and Lucinda (1988)

    This Booker Prize-winning novel by Peter Carey traces a romance between a gambling minister and an heiress.

  • 9. Looking for Alibrandi (1992)

    Melina Marchetta’s coming-of-age novel features a young girl struggling to find her identity.

  • 10. Monkey’s Mask (1994)

    Dorothy Porter’s verse novel features a lesbian private detective and several poetic red herrings.

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