The saga of the Mc Ivors is nothing less than a grim and supremely entertaining take on colonialism in Australia and the tortured, stained hearts of all its New World cousins.
--Entertainment Weekly After his father's death, young William is cast upon the charity of an unknown great-uncle, John Mc Ivor.
The old man was brought up expecting to marry the heiress to Kuran Station--a grand estate in the Australian Outback--only to be disappointed by his rejection and the selling off of the land.
He has devoted his life to putting the estate back together and has moved into the once-elegant mansion.
Mc Ivor tries to imbue William with his obsession, but his hold on the land is threatened by laws entitling the Aborigines to reclaim sacred sites.
William's mother desperately wants her son to become John Mc Ivor's heir, but no one realizes that William is ill and his condition is worsening.
The White Earth won Australia's Miles Franklin Award for 2005 and was selected as Book of the Year (2004) by The Age and the The Courier-Mail.
About the Author: Andrew Mc Gahan is a bestselling author from Queensland, Australia.
His first novel, Praise, earned him the Australian/Vogel Literary Award, while his 2004 novel The White Earth received the Miles Franklin Literary Award, among several others.
Mc Gahan is also the author of a children's book series Ship Kings, as well as a number of works for stage and screen.
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Soho Press White earth, paperback/andrew mcgahan
