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This semi-autobiographical novel, definable as a roman à clef, follows the narrator, David Meredith, through his childhood and adolescence in interwar Melbourne through to adulthood and his prominent career as a journalist during World War II, to his life on a Greek island in the 1950s and 60s.
- Author: George Henry Johnston
- Publish Year: 1964
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An Australian classic, My Brother Jack is the story of Davy and Jack Meredith, two brothers growing up in a Melbourne suburb during the years between the First and Second World War. Born to a drunken, abusive father and a caring, loving mother, the boys are distinctively different from an early age.
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Jun 3, 2001 · My Brother Jack: Directed by Ken Cameron. With Matt Day, Simon Lyndon, Claudia Karvan, William McInnes. A boy looks up to his big brother, Jack, who is his hero and is someone that he is not - brave, noble and has the courage to stand up to their father.
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- Genre: Drama
- Director: Ken Cameron
- Release Date: 2001-06-03
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George Henry Johnston OBE (20 July 1912 – 22 July 1970) was an Australian journalist, war correspondent and novelist, best known for My Brother Jack. He was the husband and literary collaborator of Charmian Clift.
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Mar 1, 2013 · My Brother Jack. George Johnston. Angus & Robertson, Mar 1, 2013 - Fiction - 384 pages. The Miles Franklin award-winning classic. 'One of the greatest books written this century' - The...
- Author: George Johnston
- Publisher: Angus & Robertson, 2013
- ISBN: 0730499723, 9780730499725
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Jul 4, 2017 · Watch the award winning adaptation of George Johnston's novel, My Brother Jack, about two brothers' lives between the World Wars. The miniseries explores social and political issues, family conflicts and David's ambition to become a writer.
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My Brother Jack is nothing if not a powerfully candid post-war cultural and social commentary. But it’s also a timeless allegory about the foibles of selfish ambition and material security and a dissertation on what Johnston saw as the vacuousness of suburban satisfaction.

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The award winning Australian miniseries based on George Johnston's classic novel, My Brother Jack, is the story of two brothers, David and Jack Meredith, set between the two World Wars. David Meredith (Matt Day) lives on the Greek Island of Hydra isolated from his emotional and physical past.

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Who wrote 'My Brother Jack'?
It challenges the “suburban dream”, another of the great cultural pillars – the primary one being the Anzac legend – upon which Australian character supposedly stands. My Brother Jack won the Miles Franklin Award in 1964. The book was serialised for ABC in 1965 by Charmian Clift, who was also Johnston's wife.

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Who starred in my Brother Jack?
My Brother Jack: Directed by Ken Cameron. With Matt Day, Simon Lyndon, Claudia Karvan, William McInnes. A boy looks up to his big brother, Jack, who is his hero and is someone that he is not - brave, noble and has the courage to stand up to their father.

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Who plays Sam Burlington in my Brother Jack?
Robert Menzies and Felix Williamson as Sam Burlington also deserve special mention for their strong supporting roles in this film. My Brother Jack: Directed by Ken Cameron. With Matt Day, Simon Lyndon, Claudia Karvan, William McInnes.

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How does Jack relate to David?
Where David is tentative, even passive, as a boy, Jack is fearless, engaging head-on with the world around him. "You've got to have a go, nipper," Jack says to David early in the novel. As they get older, Jack exhibits solid qualities of loyalty and grit while David betrays friendships and family in his progress to success.

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May 3, 2010 · My brother Jack; a novel. by. Johnston, George Henry, 1912-1970. Publication date. 1964. Publisher. London, Collins. Collection. internetarchivebooks; americana; inlibrary; printdisabled.