Charmian And George: The Marriage of George Johnston And Charmian Clift
by Max Brown
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Explores the tempestuous partnership, both marital and literary, of George Johnston and Charmian Clift. The joint work won a prestigous Australian Literary prize. George was an acclaimed war correspondent, and a noted foreign correspondent. His novel, My Brother Jack, won the Australian Miles Franklin Award.The disintegration of their literary and marital partnership under the strains of alcoholism, illness and jealousy is described. It presents an interesting picture of pre-war, wartime and show more post-war Australia from the newspaperman's perspective. show lessTags
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- Fiction and Literature, Biography & Memoir, Literature Studies and Criticism
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- 823.914 — Literature & rhetoric English & Old English literatures English fiction 1900- 1901-1999 1945-1999
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- PR9619.3 .J673 .Z59 — Language and Literature English English Literature English literature: Provincial, local, etc.
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