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“The tale of the McIvors is nothing significantly less than a very enjoyable and harsh undertake colonialism in Australia and the tortured, tainted minds of its " New World " relatives. A-.”—Entertainment Regular   “McGahan scrutinizes his figures without puppetry, and his writing moves with elegance, glow and something special for setting.”—San Francisco Log   “Absorbing, distressing, almost medieval, by turns, as McGahan represents the inextricability of household and the primal hunger for discovering and identifying home.”—Valerie Miner, The Boston Globe   After his father’s demise, younger William is cast upon the charity of an unfamiliar great-uncle, John McIvor. The aged guy was raised looking to marry the heiress to Kuran Station—a great property in the Foreign Outback—only to be dissatisfied by his denial and the selling from the property. He's moved in to the once-elegant mansion and has dedicated his life to placing the property back together.