My Brother Jack

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Title My Brother Jack
Author George Johnston
Country Australia
Language English
Genre(s) Novel
Publisher Collins
Released 1964
Media type Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages 384 pp
ISBN NA

My Brother Jack is a classic Australian novel by writer George Johnston.

[edit] Plot introduction

It follows the narrator, David Meredith, and his brother Jack through childhood and adolesence in interwar Melbourne.

[edit] Awards and nominations

It won the Miles Franklin Award in 1964.

[edit] Film, TV or theatrical adaptations

It was serialised for ABC in 1965 by Charmian Clift, who was also Johnston's wife.

It was adapted again in 2001 by John Alsop and Sue Smith. The cast included William McInnes, Claudia Karvan and Jack Thompson.