The Choke is a mesmerising, harrowing and ultimately uplifting novel from the 2015 Miles Franklin winner.The Choke is a mesmerising, harrowing and ultimately uplifting novel from the 2015 Miles Franklin winner. Winner of Indie Book Awards - Fiction 2018 (Australia). Short-listed for Victorian Premier's Literary Awards - Fiction 2018 (Australia) and Literary Fiction Book of the Year - Australian Book Industry Awards 2018 (Australia) and ALS Gold Medal 2018 (Australia) and ABA Nielsen BookData Booksellers Choice Award 2018 (Australia). Long-listed for Stella Prize 2018 (Australia) and Kibble Literary Award 2018 (Australia).