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,„IN THE GUTTERLOOKING
aT THE STARSA LITERARY ADVENTURE THROUGH KINGS CROSS
EDITED BY
MANDY SAYER + LOUIS NOWRA
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RANDOM HOUSE AUSTRALIA
Contents
M.ap xiiIntroduction xv
The Nineteenth Century iPATRICK WHITE
from Voss 4
The Twenties BJACK LINDSAY
from The Roaring Twenties 17
DULCIE DEAMERfrom The Queen of Bohemia — The Autobiography of Dulcie Deamer 29
The Thirties 41ROBIN DALTON
from Aunts Up The Cross 44
KENNETH SLESSOR'My King's Cross', 'Choker's Lane', 'Ticket in Tatts!', 'Up in Mabel's Room',
'William Street', 'King's Cross Gardens', 'Nocturne' 51
LYDIA GILL'Kings Cross' from M;y Town—Sydney in the 1930s 64
RONALD McCUAIG'The Razor', 'The Letter', 'Pretty Kid',
'They Also Serve Who Only Stand and Wait', 'Music in the Air' 69
SUMNER LOCKE ELLIOTTfrom Fairyland 80
The Forties 91JON ROSE
from At the Cross 95
DYMPHNA CUSACK AND FLORENCE JAMES'Sunday VI' from Come In Spinner 107
BOB HERBERTfrom No Names ... No Pack Drill 114
KENNETH 'SEAFORTH' MACKENZIEfrom The Refuge 125
BETTY ROLAND'Kings Cross' from The Devious Being 138
SUMNER LOCKE ELLIOTT'What'll I do with my rubber?'
from Fairyland 146
GEORGE JOHNSTON'Sydney, 1946' from Clean Straw for Nothing 156
M. BARNARD ELDERSHAW'Morning' from Tomorrow and Tomorrow and Tomorrow 162
The Fifties mKATE GRENVILLE
from Lilians Story 175
INEZ BARANAY'The Great Rite: Sex Magick' from Pagan 183
JOHN CLARE'El Rocco' from Bodgie Dada & The Cult of Cool 187
PETER DOYLEfrom Get Rich Quick 198
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The Sixties 215ROBERTA SYKES
from Snake Dancing 219
IVOR INDYK'The Silver Spade' 236
KENNETH SLESSORfrom Life At the Cross 246
BRUCE BEAVER'Angel's Weather' 249
VIVIAN SMITH'Twenty Years of Sydney' and 'A Few Words for Maxi' 251
GINA LENNOX AND FRANCES RUSH'Living the Piccolo Mondo: Vittorio Bianchi, maestro of the
cappuccino machine' from People of the Cross—True Stories from PeopleWho Live and Work in Kings Cross 253
JOHN TRANTER'Leaving The Sixties' 263
The Seventies 265BARRY HUMPHRIES
'Don't Wake Me for Cocktails' and 'A letter fromPatrick White' from More Please 269
FRANK MOORHOUSE'The American, Paul Jonson' from The Americans, Baby 274
MANDY SAYER'The Heiress' and 'The Receptionist' from The Cross 289
The Eighties 305YUSEF KOMUNYAKAA
'John Says', 'The Piccolo' and 'Messages' 308
GINA LENNOX AND FRANCES RUSH'The Tunnel: John Ibrahim, nightclub owner at nineteen' from
People of the Cross— True Stories from People Who Live and
Work in Kings Cross 313
JOHN TRANTER'At the Piccolo' and 'Storm Over Sydney' 327
The Nineties 329GABRIELLE LORD
from Whipping Boy 333
LUKE DAVIES'Problems with Detachable Heads: 1'
from Candy 343
MERLINDA BOBIS'Fruit Stall' from White Turtle 350
LORENZO MONTESINIfrom My Life and Other Misdemeanours 354
LOUIS NOWRA
from Red Nights 362
GRAEME AITKEN
from Vanity Fierce 370
About the authors 387
Select Bibliography 394
Acknowledgments 396
