Underground (McGahan novel)


Underground is a novel by Australian author Andrew McGahan. It is set in a near-future right-wing governed Australia.

Reception

A review of Underground in The Sydney Morning Herald called it "McGahan's most nakedly political work so far, positioning itself as a comment on the "war on terror" generally and a broadside against the Howard Government in particular." that it "suffers from a fatal equivocation: it is neither hilarious nor penetrating enough." and "The bombastic action and outrageous twists of fate does not allow for the analysis that might have given the novel authority."
Underground has also been reviewed by Australian Quarterly, The Bulletin, Antipodes, and Overland.

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