Dirt Music

Psychological Literary Fiction

Author: Tim Winton

Luther Fox, a loner, haunted by his past, makes his living as an illegal fisherman, a shamateur. Before everyone in his family was killed in a freak rollover, he grew melons and played guitar in the family band. Robbed of all that, he has turned his back on music. There’s too much emotion in it, too much memory and pain. One morning Fox is observed poaching by Georgie Jutl….Read More

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