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"Majestic . . . charged with physical danger, physical courage, and Winton's brand of rugged introspection."--The New York Review of Books
"Plunge into this novel and you, too, will be pulled under."--The Miami Herald
"Stunning in the depth of its audacity . . . limitlessly beautiful prose."--The Washington Post Book World
"Darkly exhilarating . . . a tautly gorgeous meditation on the inescapable human addiction to 'the monotony of drawing breath,' whether you want to or not."--The New York Times Book Review
"Both a hymn to the beauty of flying on water and a sober assessment of the costs of losing one’s balance, in every sense of the word."--The New Yorker
"A tender, incisive, sometimes brutal, and always moving coming-of-age novel . . . The prose is always astonishing, the descriptions of sea and weather especially vivid. . . . The book seems as simple, and as vital, as the act of breathing itself."--The Seattle Times
The preeminent Australian novelist of his generation, TIM WINTON is the author of the bestselling Cloudstreet, The Riders, and Dirt Music, among many other books. He lives in Western Australia.
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