''Morning's Gone'' is a 2006 novel from Australian author

Jon Cleary Jon Stephen Cleary (22 November 191719 July 2010) was an Australian writer and novelist. He wrote numerous books, including '' The Sundowners'' (1951), a portrait of a rural family in the 1920s as they move from one job to the next, and '' The ...

about Matt Durban, an

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politician who is challenging for his party's leadership. Cleary originally wanted to write a purely

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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.Interview on the Book Show, ''ABC Radio National'', 26 February 2006
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