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May 31, 2018
Scribe Publications
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A powerful and compelling story, Dark Fires Shall Burn balances survival and salvation against the accommodations and betrayals of a shifting post-war world. With a voice that’s as imperative as it’s alive, Anna Westbrook conjures her 1940s Sydney with a visceral sensuality and a poet’s eye. A seductive tale that will draw you in and on, Dark Fires Shall Burn bristles with necessity and heartbreak.
Ashley Hay, Author of The Railwayman’s Wife
Sydney in the late 1940s, a real unsolved murder, and a ...more
Ashley Hay, Author of The Railwayman’s Wife
Sydney in the late 1940s, a real unsolved murder, and a ...more
Set in the seedy streets of the Sydney suburbs of Newtown and Darlinghurst in 1946, Dark Fires Shall Burn was a fantastic read that I was unable to put down. It gives a good insight into the the sexual and criminal underbelly of Sydney of the post- WWII period. I particularly enjoyed the authors description of gay beats (and the men who used them), a fascinating piece of Sydney's history. The fact that is based on a real unsolved murder only added to my enjoyment of the book.
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Aug 29, 2016
Michael Livingston
marked it as to-read
