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| Author | Jon Cleary |
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| Country | Australia |
| Language | English |
| Genre | Crime fiction |
| Publisher | Wener Laurie |
Publication date | 1950 |
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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]
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]
The novel won the 1950 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal. [4]
The novel was later republished in 1990 under the title You, the Jury. [5]
The novel was adapted for British TV in 1957 under the title Knife in the Family. [6]
It was the first acting job in England for Australian actor Rodney Howe who arrived in England seven months previously. [7]
The Liverpool Echo said "there was nothing to hold the interest of even the most tolerant viewer." [8]
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