AustLit

Set in Victoria, a released Pentridge prisoner attempts to go straight but a Melbourne policeman and country prejudice are against him. He finds a friend in a young barrister he rescues from being run over by a train - and in the country town he goes to in search of work he assists to clear him of a charge of murder. Old fellow prisoners conspire to draw him into a burglary, he is injured, the robbery fails and his father is nearly killed ... Parricide, reform, obstruction and friendship - and reunion with a farming father are elements of the tale. The true murderer is found to be the father's share farmer. (PB)