George Johnston portrays this time in his novel "My Brother Jack", through the eyes of Davy Meredith, a young boy, (who in turn is portrayed unmistakably as a young Johnston), who develops into a young man. The cultural influences of this era shaped the men that both the young boy and his older brother, Jack, developed into. ... The Depression in Australia, as described by Davy, came slowly at first, but then hit with all the ferocity of a "slide of earth". " It was like a great river flooding or changing its course, the way the depression came-the insidious creeping movement of dark, strong...

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