Three Sydney Novels - An omnibus

ISBN 0975094890

Published by Three Sydney Novels Project, 2004

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Sydney in the 1950s, 70s and 90s is the setting for three of my earlier novels. Pagan, Between Careers, and Sheila Power long now out of print and currently republished in a single omnibus volume.

From Three Sydney Novels:

Sydney 1950s

Pagan

“A narrative tour de force.”

- EDITIONS

“Pagan is brilliantly written. As well as being very readable, it offers a highly intelligent analysis of the themes of Australia’s 20th century cultural history set around a story that was to grab the imagination - and the tabloids - of the country … Baranay has a great sense of character, an acute mind which ranges through art, music, philosophy, politics and literature, and a profound and insightful comprehension of the dynamics of human behaviour. She also has a savage and urbane wit and a rare ability to evoke human tragedy in the most understated of ways.”

- THE ADVERTISER

“Pagan works on several levels simultaneously. It chronicles a society in transition, contains a moving evocation of young love, and tries to unravel the circumstances of the Goossens scandal of reputed orgies and pornographic photographs. The novel also deals with the feminist tradition of Wicca - witchcraft - and the highs and lows that individual lives can encompass.”

- THE SUNDAY HERALD

Sydney 1970s

Between Careers

“Stylish, provocative and wonderfully different.”

- THE AGE

“Set in Sydney in the late seventies, Inez Baranay’s witty, satirical first novel takes us into the life of a classy call girl…..Wittily, humorously, Between Careers takes a close look at the moral values of both the ancient profession and of more conventional ways of living….. The prose is spare and sparkling…”

- THE CANBERRA TIMES

“Wit, style, pain, cruelty - Australia’s Jean Rhys.”

- FRANK MOORHOUSE

“Like good sex Between Careers gets better and better….”

- THE SYDNEY MORNING HERALD

Sydney 1990s

Sheila Power

“At last, an Australian novel with a cast of characters as richly overdrawn and brassy as any of the fabulous monsters in an Aaron Spelling TV series. A rattling good read that defies that defies pigeon-holing into any one genre.. …Sheila Power is a block-buster of a novel, a satirical thriller filled with lashings of racy sex between moments of transcendental spirituality and shopping.”

- SYDNEY STAR OBSERVER

“[A] mix of poignant comedy and eccentric social commentary Inez Baranay’s cult novel Sheila Power.”

- THE AGE

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