Morning's Gone

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Morning's Gone
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Author Jon Cleary
CountryAustralia
LanguageEnglish
Publisher HarperCollins
Publication date
2006

Morning's Gone is a 2006 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary about Matt Durban, an Australian Labor Party politician who is challenging for his party's leadership.

Cleary originally wanted to write a purely political novel but then developed the character of Carmel, Duban's wife, during the writing of it. The book evolved to become more about the story of their marriage. [1]

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