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Tim 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.

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All this is dazzling, dazzling. It makes the heart pound. * Los Angeles Times *
A moving and powerful elegy . . . Winton writes vividly, and with courage, about serious matters in a cynical world. * Observer *
A major work by anyone’s standards . . . mysterious, painful and beautiful. * Washington Post *

Shallows

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      Publisher: Pan Macmillan
      Publication Date: Publication Date: 10/2/2009 12:00:00 AM
      ISBN13: 9780330319645, 978-0330319645
      ISBN10: 0330319647
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      Description

      Book Synopsis
      Tim 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 Review
      All this is dazzling, dazzling. It makes the heart pound. * Los Angeles Times *
      A moving and powerful elegy . . . Winton writes vividly, and with courage, about serious matters in a cynical world. * Observer *
      A major work by anyone’s standards . . . mysterious, painful and beautiful. * Washington Post *

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