The Lost Man

Jane Harper Little, Brown €14.99 Harper marked out her Outback territory with her terrific debut, The Dry. The Lost Man takes us even further into the great Australian emptiness. A Queensland farmer dies from heat exposure on a remote part of his own land. His two brothers try to make sense of his actions, and have to confront the bitter family history they’ve spent too long trying to forget. A riveting, deeply atmospheric read.