My Brother Jack

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

My Brother Jack is a classic Australian novel by writer George Johnston. It is part of a trilogy centring on the character of David Meredith. The other books in the trilogy are Clean Straw for Nothing and A Cartload of Clay.

Its text is commonly studied for many English Literature subjects in Australia.

Plot introduction

This semi-autobiographical novel follows the narrator, David Meredith, through his childhood and adolescence in interwar Melbourne through to adulthood and his journalism career during World War II. The novel constantly contrasts him with his older and more confident brother, Jack.

My Brother Jack chronicles the life of an average stereotypical bloke in Australian society.

Awards and nominations

It won the Miles Franklin Award in 1964.

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, Angie Milliken, Claudia Karvan and Jack Thompson, with Simon Lyndon, Matt Day as the brothers and Ross Ward from Ballarat.

Awards and achievements
Preceded by Careful, He Might Hear You	Miles Franklin Award recipient 1964	Succeeded by The Slow Natives