The White Earth McGahan, Andrew

William's mother is dying, and his great-uncle John — a man shaped by loss and old grievances — offers them refuge on Kuran Station, a vast Queensland property that's been in the family for generations. But this isn't a story about pastoral comfort. It's about a boy caught between his uncle's obsessive vision of reclaiming stolen land and a town full of people who don't want him there. Andrew McGahan weaves a portrait of rural Australia at a crossroads, where history, race, and belonging collide with quiet brutality. The landscape is beautiful and unforgiving, much like John himself. Winner of the Miles Franklin Award, this is a novel about inheritance in every sense — what we're given, what we take, and what we can never truly own. For readers who love slow-burn literary fiction with teeth.