Collection of writings from renowned Australian and international authors writing on the theme of the city. Contributors include John Updike, Neil Jordan, Helen Garner, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Salman Rushdie, Joyce Carol Oates and Irvine Welsh. The companion volume 'The Penguin Book of the Beach', was also edited by Drewe. Editor has previously written 'The Savage Crows' and 'The Drowner', which won the 1997 Christina Stead Prize and the 1997 Western Australian Premier's Prize.