Bitter harvest
THE CANE, by Maryrose Cuskelly (Allen & Unwin, $36.99)
In a small North Queensland town in the 1970s, the main industry is sugar cane. Australian journalist Maryrose Cuskelly’s first work of fiction is centred around the big burnoffs of the cane fields, which are now mostly banned: the smoke is toxic and it’s a dangerous business.
In Quala, the burn has been delayed. A
