You Can't See 'Round Corners
by Jon Clearyliterary work· published 1947
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You Can't See 'Round Corners is a 1947 novel by Australian author Jon Cleary. It was his first published novel. Frankie McCoy, a bookie from Paddington, Sydney, is drafted into the Australian Army during World War II. He ends up deserting and going on the run. His girlfriend Margie breaks up with him so he seeks solace in the arms of a more sexually experienced woman, Myra. He incurs gambling debts and robs a store, accidentally killing Myra. As the military police close in he is killed by a car. The novel took Cleary over eight months to write. He began it during his war service in New Guinea and finished it on a boat trip from Sydney to England after World War II, the same voyage on which he met his wife Joy.
Adaptations (2)
You Can't See 'Round Corners has been adapted 2 times, across television series and film, from 1967 to 1969. The most recent is You Can't See 'round Corners (1969).
You Can't See 'Round Corners1967 · television series · 30 min · IMDb ↗IMDb7.5Drama series You Can't See Around Corners saw much of it's plot centering around a young woman's love affair with an army deserter at the height of the Vietnam war.
You Can't See 'round Corners1969 · film · 98 min · dir. David Cahill · IMDb ↗Frankie McCoy (Ken Shorter) is a born loser from the Sydney suburb of Newtown, and a gambler and a bit of an SP bookie. When he's conscripted into the army to fight in the Vietnam war, he deserts, but in pursuit of money, he falls into debt with SP bookies at the local pub. This film, shot at Kapooka camp, contains one of the only depictions in Australian cinema of soldiers training for Vietnam.
