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A review by ltobin
Dirt Music by Tim Winton
4.0
This is not a love story. This is a story of when two outcasts in a small town come together and share their broken lives.
Georgie is with Jim Buckridge, someone who is revered in the small fishing town of White Point. His sons show her contempt but she feels they love her deep down but cant show it.
Luther Fox, destroyed by a horrific accident that took his whole family has been living by stealing fish since. A xenophobic neighbour mutilates his dog and runs him out of town once he finds out about him and Georgie.
The characters in this book are very compelling. We become frustrated with Georgie. She has lived her life with little care and has always strived for her Mother to approve of her yet she never has. She is reckless but is also marked with cynicism. Her life in White Point is boring and she has no interest in mingling with any of her neighbours because of the knowledge that she will never be accepted.
Fox on the other hand is damaged goods. He lives with his dog, and makes a living stealing from the fishermen he reviles. His family is known for bad luck in the town from long ago.
He realises when he is deep in the outback that he has been grieving for people who didn't treat him very well, he is comfortable with this assessment but still feels grief. He always knew his brother and his wife weren't the nicest of people, but feels indebted to them still for the music.
As with most Tim Winton books, the language really makes the book great. The descriptions particularly of Coronation Island are fantastic. Since Winton is a resident of WA, you know he has been in places similar to this, and you can almost picture Coronation Island being in the Kimberleys somewhere.
Georgie is with Jim Buckridge, someone who is revered in the small fishing town of White Point. His sons show her contempt but she feels they love her deep down but cant show it.
Luther Fox, destroyed by a horrific accident that took his whole family has been living by stealing fish since. A xenophobic neighbour mutilates his dog and runs him out of town once he finds out about him and Georgie.
The characters in this book are very compelling. We become frustrated with Georgie. She has lived her life with little care and has always strived for her Mother to approve of her yet she never has. She is reckless but is also marked with cynicism. Her life in White Point is boring and she has no interest in mingling with any of her neighbours because of the knowledge that she will never be accepted.
Fox on the other hand is damaged goods. He lives with his dog, and makes a living stealing from the fishermen he reviles. His family is known for bad luck in the town from long ago.
He realises when he is deep in the outback that he has been grieving for people who didn't treat him very well, he is comfortable with this assessment but still feels grief. He always knew his brother and his wife weren't the nicest of people, but feels indebted to them still for the music.
As with most Tim Winton books, the language really makes the book great. The descriptions particularly of Coronation Island are fantastic. Since Winton is a resident of WA, you know he has been in places similar to this, and you can almost picture Coronation Island being in the Kimberleys somewhere.