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Issue Details: First known date: 1995... 1995 The Cross
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'A thriller, a love story, a tale of the city.

'I looked out my window one morning and there she was, Gina Delgado, dressed up like a peacock in her high heels and all, standing between my front gate and a moving bulldozer, with her arms and legs apart in this sort of over my dead body pose, see?

'An inner-city community is under threat from the developers and their crooked friends. One woman leads the battle against them, a battle fought in nightclubs and council chambers, in hotel rooms and high on rooftops.

'Eleven characters reveal their memorable, interweaving lives and deaths in this passionate and controversial novel.'(Publication summary) 

Notes

  • Dedication: for Yusef
  • Epigraph: 'Oh, what a shallow village tale our so-called History is.' Emerson

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Crows Nest, North Sydney - Lane Cove area, Sydney Northern Suburbs, Sydney, New South Wales,: Allen and Unwin , 2012 .
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      Extent: 304p.
      Note/s:
      • Published December 2012
      ISBN: 9781743315392
Alternative title: Tod in der Traumstadt

Other Formats

  • Also sound recording.

Works about this Work

[Review] The Cross Angelika Fremd , 2000- single work review
— Appears in: CrossLines

— Review of The Cross Mandy Sayer , 1995 single work novel
Activist Battle Produces Conflict Michael E. Pippenger , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: Antipodes , December vol. 10 no. 2 1996; (p. 143)

— Review of The Cross Mandy Sayer , 1995 single work novel
An Obscure Version of the Truth Sandra Langdon , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 22 April 1996; (p. 25)

— Review of The Cross Mandy Sayer , 1995 single work novel
Streets Ahead Graeme Blundell , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 February 1996; (p. rev 17)

— Review of The Cross Mandy Sayer , 1995 single work novel
Rhythm and Blues Tom Dusevic , 1996 single work biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 13 January 1996; (p. 13)
[Review] The Cross Angelika Fremd , 2000- single work review
— Appears in: CrossLines

— Review of The Cross Mandy Sayer , 1995 single work novel
Unreliable Cross Stories : Mandy Sayer's New Novel Katharine England , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1995-1996) no. 178 1995; (p. 41-42)

— Review of The Cross Mandy Sayer , 1995 single work novel
Sleaze City Victims Judith Whelan , 1995 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 9 December 1995; (p. 14)

— Review of The Cross Mandy Sayer , 1995 single work novel
Streets Ahead Graeme Blundell , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 24-25 February 1996; (p. rev 17)

— Review of The Cross Mandy Sayer , 1995 single work novel
An Obscure Version of the Truth Sandra Langdon , 1996 single work review
— Appears in: The Mercury , 22 April 1996; (p. 25)

— Review of The Cross Mandy Sayer , 1995 single work novel
The Year of Living Dangerously Stuart Coupe , 1996 single work column
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 28 January 1996; (p. 8)
Extracts from an Interview with Mandy Sayer Justine Larbalestier , 1995 single work interview
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , December-January (1995-1996) no. 178 1995; (p. 42)
Rhythm and Blues Tom Dusevic , 1996 single work biography
— Appears in: Good Weekend , 13 January 1996; (p. 13)
Last amended 17 Mar 2020 13:39:42
Settings:
  • Kings Cross, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
  • 1970s
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