Plot summary
Set in Sydney in the early part of the twentieth century, the novel is a series of stories told from the perspective of people associated with the son of an indigenous boxer, Chiddy Hay.Critical reception
On its original publication in the USA ''Kirkus Review'' found: "The conglomerate that makes up a big city, from aboriginal to white, evil to good, and youth to age, has a sense of panorama, always colored by the Big Smoke, which is seen and recorded with observant detail."See also
*References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Big Smoke, The 1959 Australian novels Angus & Robertson books Novels set in Sydney Works by D'arcy Niland