The Big Smoke (novel)

The Big Smoke
Author D'Arcy Niland
Language English
Publisher Angus and Robertson
Publication date
1959
Media type Print
Pages 224 pp
Preceded by Call Me When the Cross Turns Over
Followed by Gold in the Streets

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

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."[2]

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