A review by shirleytupperfreeman
Dirt Music by Tim Winton

When in Australia, read a popular Australian author, so the saying goes. The back of the book says that Dirt Music is the author's classic love song to land and place. That seems about right. Most of the characters are lost souls trying to come to terms with previous tragedies and dysfunction. The story starts in a small town where fishing is the main occupation and official justice isn't always just. The story moves on into the wider and wilder landscape of western Australia. Good book.