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Clean Straw for Nothing
First edition
AuthorGeorge Johnston
LanguageEnglish
SeriesMeredith trilogy
PublisherCollins, Australia
Publication date
1969
Publication placeAustralia
Media typePrint (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages318pp
Preceded byThe Far Face of the Moon 
Followed byA Cartload of Clay 

Clean Straw for Nothing (1969) is a Miles Franklin Award-winning novel[1] by Australian author George Johnston. This novel is a sequel to My Brother Jack, and is the second in the Meredith trilogy of semi-autobiographical novels by Johnston.[2]

  1. ^ "Author Wins $1,0000 Award", The Canberra Times, 15 April 1970, p3
  2. ^ Austlit - Clean Straw for Nothing by George Johnston

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