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В 2002 году, когда на премию Букера ещё могли претендовать книги о любви между мужчиной и женщиной, в шорт-лист тихо пробралась «Музыка грязи». Она считалась самой слабой среди всех (победила «Жизнь Пи»). Это роман про Австралию, любовь и искупление. Есть немного робинзонады и дорожных приключений, много рыбаков с большими домами, громадными телевизорами и отдыхом на Бали или на Мальдивах. Также нас ждут рыбы с названиями типа люциан или барамунди (все хотят поймать огромную барамунди и хвастать
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This is the first book of Tim Winton's I have read and I've been meaning to for a lone time. His descriptions of the Australian Western Coast is perfect and you can smell the scenery and feel the dirt. Unfortunately the characters in Dirt Music weren't very likeable and never seemed to actually decide to do anything. The majority of the book is spent inside the heads of two very strange and melancholy people. Even at the end the two protagonists are kind of thrust together by events outside of t
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This wasn't an easy read. It took me a while to understand the characters, and while I was happy to keep reading it's not something I could highly recommend.
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Quite well written. Can be confronting in parts. Founds it drawn out in parts. Disappointing ending.
