Booker Prize Shortlist 2006, Read on the Kindle.The story of the early 19th Century, set in Australia in the developing city of Sydney and its environs, peopled by criminals transported from London, then pardoned, and who can make a claim to a patch of land simply by building a hut on it, and clearing enough land to plant a crop.
A sympathetic main character made this an intriguing read. The violence perpetrated against the Aboriginals will be a bit strong for some to stomach.
