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    <body><![CDATA[<p>Painful, raw, eloquent__these tales comprise a powerful defense for a much maligned genre, the short story collection. It's no surprise that many of the stories here have been previously published in literary journals like <em>The Threepenny Review</em>. Winton's language is taut, his characterization master...</p><a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/45460696">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I was quite taken aback by how much I liked this book. I'd never desired to read Winton before or since. Every time I pick up one of his books and flick through it, it says don't read me. This one, though, was a basic IQ test. I'd noticed the paperback in David Jones book department for $20. In the ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/72532234">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[This is just sexy.  Tim Winton is a beautiful man.  These interconnected stories roll around your brain like some drum n' bass on a Saturday night.  Read aloud, the writing almost becomes musical.  Winton's writing is AUSTRALIAN, more so than any other writer I've read. My favourite offering here is...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/71037126">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A new John Steinbeck. I loved this collection of stories. Set in southern Australia, these stand-alone stories string together in a very artful and interesting way. They each have themes, ideas and even some characters in common, and paint a clear, unpicturesque picture of the lives of these people ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/80487655">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Interlocking stories of extraordinary ordinary lives. They seem effortless, which shows how much work has gone into them. Certainly made me want to read more of Tim Winton's books.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[Oh ! Make you shudder and gasp... larger than life characters that horrify and enthrall, intertwined short stories. Wonderful.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I find myself reading these stories over and over.  ]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[In this collection of gritty stories about the moments that upend everything that came before, rewriting all that comes after, Winton's prose shines, lyrical and beautiful as it is haunting.  Matching the sparse setting of western Australia, Winton's characters are sad reminders of all the ways our ...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/31729334">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I can't praise Winton enough.  As a prose stylist, he is one of the most enjoyable, and lyrical, writers around. He is also fearless as a novelist, taking risks that frequently fail to pay off (the end of Dirt Music a good example).  In this collection of linked stories, he is able to pull off a com...<a href="http://www.goodreads.com/review/show/24162921">more...</a>]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[My favorite author right now is Tim Winton, for his lyrical, imagistic phrasing, his characters who stay close to physical reality while seeking understanding, and his evocation of Australia through landscape and idiom.  These short stories connect together but stand alone as tight constructions.]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[A collection of intensely personal and often tragic stories with a heavy Australian accent (nope, I didn't understand a lot of words).  An engrossing book.  I found &quot;Boner McPharlin's Moll&quot; to be especially haunting...although the worst name for a short story ever!]]></body>
    
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    <body><![CDATA[I love Tim Winton's writing. And in particular this collection of short stories are some of my favourites. Evocative. Personal. Wonderful. And the stories are set in my part of the world - around Albany, WA. ]]></body>
    
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