Urban Capers. "Fantastic Street" by David Kelly and "Falling Glass" by Julia Osborne. [review]

Abstract

These two first novels confront the ongoing complaints of literary commentators that new novels are too often set in the past rather than dealing with present realities. David Kelly and Julia Osborne have set their novels predominantly in the Australian suburbia of the past few decades, and focus on attempts by liminal characters to negotiate their place in these sometimes harsh environs.