{"product_id":"dirt-music-paperback","title":"Dirt Music - Paperback","description":"\u003cdiv\u003e\u003cp style=\"text-align: right;\"\u003e\u003ca href=\"https:\/\/reportcopyrightinfringement.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"nofollow\"\u003e\u003cb\u003eReport copyright infringement\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/a\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eTim Winton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eShortlisted for the Man Booker Prize, Winner of The Miles Franklin Literary Award, The Christina Stead Award, WA Premier's Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSet in the dramatic landscape of Western Australia, \u003ci\u003eDirt Music\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of Luther Fox, a broken man who makes his living as an illegal fisherman--a shamateur.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eBefore everyone in his family was killed in a freak rollover, Fox grew melons and counted stars and loved playing his guitar. Now, his life has become a \"project of forgetting.\" Not until he meets Georgie Jutland, the wife of White Point's most prosperous fisherman, does Fox begin to dream again and hear the dirt music--\"anything you can play on a verandah or porch,\" he tells Georgie, \"without electricity.\" \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eLike the beat of a barren heart, nature is never silent. Ambitious and perfectly calibrated, \u003ci\u003eDirt Music\u003c\/i\u003e resonates with suspense, emotion, and timeless truths.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003eTim Winton grew up and still lives in Western Australia. Considered the pre-eminent Australian author of his generation, Tim is the author of thirty books which have been widely translated and adapted for film, television, stage, opera, and radio. He has won the Miles Franklin, Australia's most prestigious award, four times and has twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize, for \u003ci\u003eThe Riders\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eDirt Music. \u003c\/i\u003eRenowned for his role in the campaign to save Ningaloo Reef in 2000-2003, Tim's most recent work in the environmental space is the award-winning series \u003ci\u003eNingaloo Nyinggulu \u003c\/i\u003e(2023), which he wrote and narrated. Voted a National Living Treasure by the National Trust in 1997, he is also an honorary fellow of the Australian Academy of the Humanities. In recognition of his contribution to literature and the environment, in 2023 he was made an Officer of the Order of Australia.\u003c\/p\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 416\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 0.91 x 8.02 x 5.26 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\n            \u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e May 13, 2003\u003c\/div\u003e\n            ","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":51862325362976,"sku":"9780743228480","price":20.0,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0974\/9764\/5344\/files\/JkQ_JkqUnF9780743228480.webp?v=1781629981","url":"https:\/\/ebocreations.com\/products\/dirt-music-paperback","provider":"The E-Book Oasis LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}