My brother TomJames Aldridge1966

In this simple, yet subtly evocative love story, James Aldridge cuts to the heart of the social tensions and conflicts of a small town in tne Australian outback.
In the relationship of Tom and Peggy, in their struggle against a whole town's bitter prejudice, the book constitutes a brilliant and instantly recognizable microcosm of Australia in the hard 1930s.

'What seems to me most valuable about the book is its humanity, its gentleness, and most of all, to use an old-fashioned word, its decency' - John Bowen in the New York Times Review

'James Aldridge is a lucky writer. He is solidly gifted - a good, competent story-teller whi can be relied on to turn out a professionnally sound novel' - John Wain in the Observer.

Titre original : My brother Tom (1966)