- 323 pages
- English
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Seven Poor Men of Sydney
About this book
Seven Poor Men of Sydney is a brilliant portrayal of a group of men and women living in Sydney in the 1920s amid conditions of poverty and social turmoil.
Set against the vividly drawn backgrounds of Fisherman's (Watson's) Bay and the innercity slums, the various characters seek to resolve their individual spiritual dilemmas; through politics, religion and philosophy.
Their struggles, their pain and their frustrations are portrayed with consummate skill in this memorable evocation of a city and an era.
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Table of contents
- Cover
- Title
- Copyright
- Introduction
- Contents
- 1 Fisherman’s Bay. First days of the first poor man. An October night’s dream. A stirring sermon has no effect on an ill-fated hero
- 2 Four passions of a poor man with a weak heart, ending with an explanation of what love is
- 3 A hot morning in Fisherman’s Bay. We find four of our heroes at work in a devil’s kitchen where the word is made bread
- 4 The bucolic pill. An unfortunate polygamist. Personal appearance of Mr Silkbreeched Montagu. A family discussion. The seventh poor man. Reflections of Joseph in shop-windows
- 5 A southerly buster. Baruch at home. The tongue’s ephemeridae. Baruch in love. A patriotic demonstration. Catherine in love. A female argument. Withers kicked out. Defence of murder. Baruch is very sentimental
- 6 Backchat. Acerbity of Winter, effrontery of Fulke; the recognition of Marx postponed. Catherine wanders
- 7 Under the eschscholtzias. Montagu a skunk, Withers not a social type. Castaways in a busy harbour. Brother and sister. Examples of the long thoughts of youth; a mediaeval tyrant. The sons of Clovis. Catherine wanders again
- 8 Michael recalls his adventures, lets out a secret or two, goes to church, is advised to marry, visits his relatives, sees the early-morning fishing in Fisherman’s Bay, and brings the chapter solemnly to an end
- 9 In memoriam: a mass, a dream, a strange narrative. A new love
- 10 A chapter of accidents: two poor men in gaol, Montagu skips, three poor men without a job. Jo’s mother sums up
- 11 The seventh poor man leaves our shores. A kermesse, but nothing to startle the modest. A madman contributes a tale of beauty and horror. Kol Blount makes a complaint. End of a love affair. And Baruch’s last night in the antipodes. End and beginning
- Endpiece