Book description
Georgie Jutland has lost her way. Living with a fisherman she doesn't
love, feeling alienated from her neighbours, she spends her nights in a
blur of vodka and pointless loitering in cyberspace. Until one morning,
in the boozy pre-dawn gloom, she looks up from her computer screen to
see a shadow on the beach below her. Luther Fox, the local poacher.
Jinx. Outcast.
So begins an unlikely alliance. Set in the wild landscape of Western
Australia, this is a novel about the odds of breaking with the past, a
journey across landscapes within and without, and a love story about
people stifled by grief, regret and lost dreams.
'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
Tim Winton was born in Perth in 1960. His work includes novels,
collections of stories, non-fiction and books for children. He has won
the miles Franklin Award three times, and been twice shortlisted for the
Booker Prize, for The Riders
(1995) and Dirt Music
(2002).
