The Big Smoke (1959) is a novel by Australian writer D'Arcy Niland.[1]

The Big Smoke
First edition
AuthorD'Arcy Niland
LanguageEnglish
PublisherAngus and Robertson
Publication date
1959
Media typePrint
Pages224 pp
Preceded byCall Me When the Cross Turns Over 
Followed byGold in the Streets 

Plot summary edit

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 edit

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."[2]

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