Just Let Me Be
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| Author | Jon Cleary |
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| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Publisher | Wener Laurie |
Publication date | 1950 |
| Publication place | Australia |
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Just Let Me Be is a 1950 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary. It was his third published full-length novel.[1][2]
Premise
[edit | edit source]Joe Brennan, an ex-serviceman, returns home to Coogee after World War II. He gets a job as a milkman and intends to make enough money to marry his girlfriend Connie.
He accidentally kills a man while defending local gangster Bill Pepper and is persuaded to hide the body.[3]
Reception
[edit | edit source]The Sydney Morning Herald wrote "The details are exact. The dialogue, slangy but not self-conscious, is convincing. On the other hand there are a number of characters who never emerge as more than routine and conventional figures."[4]
Awards
[edit | edit source]The novel won the 1950 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal.[5]
Republication
[edit | edit source]The novel was later republished in 1990 under the title You, the Jury.[6]
Knife in the Family 1957 TV Version
[edit | edit source]The novel was adapted for British TV in 1957 under the title Knife in the Family.[7]
It was the first acting job in England for Australian actor Rodney Howe who arrived in England seven months previously.[8]
The Liverpool Echo said "there was nothing to hold the interest of even the most tolerant viewer."[9]
References
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External links
[edit | edit source]- Serialisation of novel in The Australian Women's Weekly 26 May 1954: 65 Supplement Accessed 6 March 2012
- Just Let Me Be at AustLit (subscription required)
- You, the Jury at AustLit (subscription required)
- Knife in the Family at IMDb