I think this is Tim Winton’s best novel. He has lost his earlier pretentiousness. His writing is spare, evocative and compelling. The tale is told by a paramedic in his 50s who attends an accidental hanging. He knows it’s accidental because of events in his youth, and so you are drawn into this tale of coming [...]
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I’m always keen to see at least one original commission for the Perth International Arts Festival, and this year’s re-imagining of Tim Winton’s collection of short stories – The Turning – did not disappoint. I’m not a huge Tim Winton fan it must be said. Cloudstreet was okay, The Riders woeful IMHO – I just [...]
I have just finished Dirt Music by Tim Winton. I went off Tim’s work… Cloudstreet was okay but The Riders was awful and since then I just couldn’t bear to go back but then a person whom I respect said that if I didn’t like Tim’s work, Dirt Music was the one I’d most likely [...]
