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 (Leo is kidnapped three times, by three separate groups, in the first 50 pages) 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".