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The White Earth
The White Earth
Andrew McGahan (born 1966)
English editions
Written in EnglishThe White Earth
Soho Press · United States · 2007 · 384 pages
The White Earth
Allen & Unwin · Australia · 2004 · Paperback · 376 pages
The White Earth
Soho Press · United States · January 2006 · Hardcover · 376 pages
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Late in 1992 eight-year-old William's father is killed in a fire, and his mother, who has troubles of her own, takes him to live with an uncle he has never met. John McIvor is a bitter old man living amid the decay of Kuran House, once the grand homestead of a station on Queensland's Darling Downs, and he is obsessed with his long decline and with bringing the estate back. As Native Title legislation approaches, he means to leave Kuran, with all the weight of its history, to the boy, while William's mother craves the money and safety she has always lacked. As the station's past and present merge, the sickly boy carries everyone's hopes, and the price of the inheritance keeps rising.
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About the book
- Form
- Novel
- Genres
- Family (assigned by AI)
- Set in
- Australia, 1990s
- First published
- 2004
- Author's age
- 38 when first published
- ISBN
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9781741141474 (Allen & Unwin, Australia)
9781569474174 (Soho Press, United States)
9781569474419 (Soho Press, United States)
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