The City of Fading Light
AuthorJon Cleary
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Publication date
1985

The City of Fading Light is a 1985 novel written by Australian author Jon Cleary about a Hollywood actress who tries to rescue her Jewish mother from 1939 Berlin. The book features Sean Carmody, the character from his earlier novel The Sundowners.[1]

Cleary researched the novel on a trip to Berlin with his family and based the plot on a real British plan to assassinate Hitler prior to the war.[2][3]

References

  1. ^ "BOOKCASE New life for 'Sundowner' character". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). ACT: National Library of Australia. 30 October 1985. p. 29. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. ^ Jon Cleary Interviewed by Stephen Vagg: Oral History at National Film and Sound Archive
  3. ^ "Research half the pleasure of writing, says Geary". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). ACT: National Library of Australia. 15 November 1985. p. 8. Retrieved 18 October 2015.

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