Dirt Music (Tim Winton)

I enjoyed Dirt Music much more than I thought I was going to. For some reason, I had this false perception of Tim Winton as a difficult author, requiring rather a lot of effort from his readers. This perception has now been dispelled, after I was drawn into his wonderfully lyrical story. (I also loved the companion CD which he released - great stuff).

When I put down Dirt Music, I sighed a little enviously over Winton's skill as an author. His characters are fantastic, his evocation of landscape is sublime. It was very enjoyable to be so captured by his story. 5 out of 5.

(And I'm going to move on to more Tim Winton - next up, listening to an audiobook of Cloudstreet).