Just Let Me Be

Just Let Me Be
Author Jon Cleary
Country Australia
Language English
Genre crime
Publisher Wener Laurie
Publication date
1950

Just Let Me Be is a 1950 novel from Australian author Jon Cleary. It was his third published full-length novel.[1][2]

Plot

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]

Awards

The novel won the 1950 Australian Literature Society Gold Medal.[4]

Adaptations

The novel was adapted for British TV in 1957.

Republication

It was later republished in 1990 under the title You, the Jury.[5]

References

  1. "BOOK REVIEWS---.". News (Adelaide, SA : 1923 - 1954). Adelaide, SA: National Library of Australia. 14 July 1950. p. 10. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  2. "Younger novelists merit more attention.". The Argus (Melbourne, Vic. : 1848 - 1957). Melbourne, Vic.: National Library of Australia. 18 November 1950. p. 10. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
  3. "Violence Breaks Out At Coogee.". The Sydney Morning Herald. National Library of Australia. 3 February 1951. p. 10. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  4. The Cambridge Companion to Australian Literature p129
  5. "Boom under way in crime writing.". The Canberra Times (ACT : 1926 - 1995). ACT: National Library of Australia. 25 March 1990. p. 26. Retrieved 18 October 2015.
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