Breath by Tim Winton

It’s hard to think of an Australian writer, other than Peter Carey, who has pushed the boundaries of his fiction more emphatically than Tim Winton. It’s now more than 25 years since An Open Swimmer on the Vogel award, and a wonderful outpouring of novels, short stories, and children’s books followed.

It’s hard to think of an Australian writer, other than Peter Carey, who has pushed the boundaries of his fiction more emphatically than Tim Winton. It’s now more than 25 years since An Open Swimmer on the Vogel award, and a wonderful outpouring of novels, short stories, and children’s books followed.