Publisher's Synopsis
'Winton is boisterous and lyrical by turns; his sense of sentiment is unerringly accurate, his characters unforgettable. The emotional control exercised over his anarchic world puts Winton in the top drawer of Australian fiction' Daily Telegraph
'Winton's compassionate and humorous writing is nothing short of magnificent. If you can imagine Neighbours taken over by the writing team of John Steinbeck and Gabriel García Márquez, you're close' Time Out
'Against all evidence and odds, he reminds us what it is to be human, and reminds us to be proud of our humanity . . . Winton is a one-man band of genius' Los Angeles Times
'If Winton never writes another syllable he should be remembered as the most important Australian writer of his generation' West Australian
'Winton possesses a great knack for finding uniqueness in the ordinary and for highlighting mystery in other people's lives. He creates an extraordinary sense of an internal world, drawing the reader into a vast and teeming consciousness with its geography and geometry' Blitz
'Mellifluous yet veined in pathos, Winton's prose seems to swim; it grabs you with its stream of words . . . epic, ethereal and earthy, with characters who are lovable, funny and full of holes' Village Voice
