Dirt Music

Generous, earthy and raw … Mysteries don’t come more heartfelt than this * The Independent *Winton keeps writing fiction that makes the novel feel alive to a continent of possibilities * Evening Standard *Winton is not a great Australian novelist; he is a great novelist, full stop * The Times *Written in seemingly effortless prose that never puts a foot wrong * The Sunday Times *A book about the possibility and power of love … just pick it up and you’ll be transported * The Mail on Sunday *Winton’s writing is a heady blend of muscular description, deep sentiment and metaphysics … Dirt Music is a beautiful celebration of his country * The Sunday Telegraph *Stunningly written … a revelation … a magnificent book with themes as enormous as its landscape * The Big Issue *

Tim Winton is widely considered one of the greatest living Australian writers. He has published numerous books, 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.