Jonah: Text Classics
Jonah: Text Classics
Jonah: Text Classics
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01-July-2013
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One side of the street glittered like a brilliant eruption with the light from a row of shops; theothers, lined with houses, was almost deserted, for the people, drawn like moths by the glare,crowded and jostled under the lights.
It was Saturday night, and Waterloo, by immemorial habit, had flung itself on the shops, bent onplunder. For an hour past a stream of people had flowed from the back streets into BotanyRoad, where the shops stood in shining rows, awaiting the conflict...
One of the first great novels about Sydney, Jonah is the story of two larrikins- the unforgettableJoe Jones-known as Jonah-and Chook.
Jonah, born a hunchback, is feared and revered in equal measure as the ruthless leader of thePush, a violent gang that terrorises the slums of Waterloo. Chook, a fellow member of the Push,is Jonah's loyal best friend.
But after a chance encounter with his son, the result of a casual affair, Jonah decides toabandon the larrikin life and settle down. He marries Ada, the mother of his child, and takesadvantage of an opportunity to open his own business.
Chook, too, leaves the Push and finds love in the arms of factory worker, Pinkey. But can eitherman escape his awful past?
Contrasting the sordid streets of the inner suburbs with the glittering lights of the harbour city,Jonah is a brilliant evocation of Sydney life at the turn of the century.
This edition comes with a new introduction by Frank Moorhouse.
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One side of the street glittered like a brilliant eruption with the light from a row of shops; theothers, lined with houses, was almost deserted, for the people, drawn like moths by the glare,crowded and jostled under the lights.
It was Saturday night, and Waterloo, by immemorial habit, had flung itself on the shops, bent onplunder. For an hour past a stream of people had flowed from the back streets into BotanyRoad, where the shops stood in shining rows, awaiting the conflict...
One of the first great novels about Sydney, Jonah is the story of two larrikins- the unforgettableJoe Jones-known as Jonah-and Chook.
Jonah, born a hunchback, is feared and revered in equal measure as the ruthless leader of thePush, a violent gang that terrorises the slums of Waterloo. Chook, a fellow member of the Push,is Jonah's loyal best friend.
But after a chance encounter with his son, the result of a casual affair, Jonah decides toabandon the larrikin life and settle down. He marries Ada, the mother of his child, and takesadvantage of an opportunity to open his own business.
Chook, too, leaves the Push and finds love in the arms of factory worker, Pinkey. But can eitherman escape his awful past?
Contrasting the sordid streets of the inner suburbs with the glittering lights of the harbour city,Jonah is a brilliant evocation of Sydney life at the turn of the century.
This edition comes with a new introduction by Frank Moorhouse.

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