Harry Lavender
...s a non- fiction city, and the details that accomplice the city. The theme portrayed in the prescribed text is a city of changing facades, underneath the smooth glass exterior there is an internetworking web of deception and corruption. The interstice of the city is related to the theme of crime and corruption. Behind it all is the mysterious Harry Lavender, a man who, at the centre of corruption, remains a mystery through the novel. In the prescribed text things are not what they always seem. “Memories are short in this city and facades change all the time”. The text can confuse you a little as there is a lot of crime going on and the city looks peaceful most of the time although there is a lot of corruption in the city of Sydney. The area of study has impacted me in several ways. The major impact that it has had on me is the realisa...