Description
Book SynopsisTim Winton has published twenty-six books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. Since his first novel,
An Open Swimmer, won the
Australian/Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for
Shallows, Cloudstreet, Dirt Music and
Breath) and twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for
The Riders and
Dirt Music). He lives in Western Australia.
Trade ReviewTim Winton is the real thing: a writer who can photograph a thought and pluck out the beat of a soul on a washing line. * Scotland on Sunday *
Winton is boisterous and lyrical by turns; his sense of sentiment is unerringly accurate, his characters unforgettable. The emotional control exercised over his anarchic world puts Winton in the top drawer of Australian fiction. * Daily Telegraph *
Winton’s compassionate and humorous writing is nothing short of magnificent. If you can imagine
Neighbours taken over by the writing team of John Steinbeck and Gabriel García Márquez, you’re close. * Time Out *
