Description
Book SynopsisTim Winton has published twenty-one books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-five 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). Active in the environmental movement, he is the Patron of the Australian Marine Conservation Society. He lives in Western Australia.
Trade Review‘The great strength of the novel is in the way the grotesque contrasts and parallels in human life are spread out, examined and accepted’
Los Angeles Times‘Towards the end of the novel Ort prays for a miracle: “Funny when you talk to God. He’s like the sky . . . Never says anything. But you know he listens.” Though God hasn’t answered Ort yet, Mr. Winton convinces us he might’
New York Times
