I think I liked My Career Goes Bung even better than My Brilliant Career, It was fascinating to see the repercussions of the original publication. I think this book seems to be much more autobiographical than the former, and even though it is a bit confusing at first, if you accept "My Brilliant Career" as the fictional autobiography within this fictional novel, it begins to make sense. It was very interesting to see the "society life" of Sydney in the early 1900's, and see how that was contrasted with the depressing nature of the drought engulfing the rest of the country. Sybylla is portrayed as quite a little schemer, but she's a much happier girl in this book, although just as earnest. Funnily enough, we still suffer from dry, dusty, drought conditions in the Riverina, and yes, Sydney is still a much more fun place to be! Amazing how things change, yet still stay the same...