Lucky's

Vasilis 'Lucky' Mallios once had a whole chain of Greek-Australian cafés; in the end a single restaurant remains, and a shooting there sits at the centre of the book. Ranging from 1913 to 2002 and over several continents, though Sydney is its main stage, the novel moves between Lucky, Achilles Asproyerakas, Emily Main and Ian Asquith, whose lives turn out to be linked by kinship, accident and lies. A blaze that altered the course of events, a magazine story that could revive someone's career, a father who vanished, a pretender who won the girl, and a gamble all play their part. Every decision sends consequences rippling through the others, in a long family saga about migrating, starting over and finding love again.

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About the book

Form

Novel

Length

368 pages in the original

Genres

Family, Migration (assigned by AI)

Set in

Australia, 1913–2002

First published

2020

ISBN

9781760787332 (Picador Australia, Australia)