

For this is a land where you might never see another living soul for days. But in the middle of this landscape, among the cattle farms and single houses, there’s a grave where the legendary stockman is buried. This book is brilliantly evocative, and the action claustrophobic despite the vast landscape. If someone was looking for oblivion, that was the place to find it.” “ As far as he could see, the land stretched out, deep and open, all the way to the desert.

If you get lost out here without water supplies, you die. Cattle stations dot the landscape, homes are few and far between. This is not just a setting, but a landscape of dust and dryness, heat and loss of hope. The way Jane captures the landscape of the outback is like a character in itself. “Balamara” Queensland, The Lost Man BookTrail Travel to The Lost Man locations
