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'King of the Cross is a dazzling novel that explores the criminal world of Jacob Mendoza: legendary Godfather of Kings Cross and for more than four decades, Australia's most powerful and notorious crime figure. To record his epic life story he employs a hapless young reporter from the Australian Jewish Times. As Mendoza unfolds his seductive story of thugs and drugs, murders and mysteries, bikers, bent cops and girls, girls, girls, it emerges that he's not the only one with a past. And as the memoir takes shape, other more terrifying criminals are circling the kingdom that Mendoza built.' (From the publisher's website.)
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Dedication: To Mr Sutton -RIP
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Author's note: Inspired by an untrue story
Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of
Works about this Work
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In Conversation
Jenny Valentish
(interviewer),
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , no. 13 2011; (p. 28-29) -
The Australian Crime Scene
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , August no. 210 2011; (p. 12) -
Mr Big, the Patron Saint of Carnal Pleasures
2010
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sun-Herald , 31 January 2010; (p. 12)
— Review of King of the Cross 2009 single work novel -
Haunted by a Child, Terrified by Gangland's Mr Big
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 21-22 November 2009; (p. 28-29)
— Review of Ghost Child 2009 single work novel ; King of the Cross 2009 single work novel -
Criminal Technique
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , November vol. 4 no. 10 2009; (p. 24-25)
— Review of King of the Cross 2009 single work novel ; Ghost Child 2009 single work novel
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Books
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The West Australian , 10 October 2009; (p. 20)
— Review of Wonders of a Godless World 2009 single work novel ; King of the Cross 2009 single work novel ; The Paperbark Shoe 2009 single work novel -
Novel Ways to Case the Joint
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Age , 10 October 2009; (p. 25)
— Review of King of the Cross 2009 single work novel ; The Tower 2009 single work novel -
Prime Time for Crime Reading
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 17 October 2009; (p. 12)
— Review of Sharp Shooter 2009 single work novel ; King of the Cross 2009 single work novel -
Gangsters and Ganavim
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Jewish News , 16 October vol. 76 no. 4 2009; (p. 26)
— Review of King of the Cross 2009 single work novel -
Criminal Technique
2009
single work
review
— Appears in: The Australian Literary Review , November vol. 4 no. 10 2009; (p. 24-25)
— Review of King of the Cross 2009 single work novel ; Ghost Child 2009 single work novel -
The Australian Crime Scene
2011
single work
column
— Appears in: Writing Queensland , August no. 210 2011; (p. 12) -
In Conversation
Jenny Valentish
(interviewer),
2011
single work
interview
— Appears in: The Lifted Brow , no. 13 2011; (p. 28-29)
Awards
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Settings:
- Kings Cross, Kings Cross area, Inner Sydney, Sydney, New South Wales,
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