Jay Carmichael's gay love story set in conservative 1950s Australia intrigues, but fails to convince
- Written by Peter Robinson, Honorary Senior Lecturer, UNSW Sydney
Streetscenes, Melbourne, 1950.Mark Strizic/State Library of Victoria, Author providedMarlo, a gay love story set in 1950s conservative Australia, draws on library and archival research. We know this because at the end of his book, author Jay Carmichael – a gay man himself – cites the work of Denis Altman and myself (in my role as a gay...





