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said Alex Preston in The Observer

said John Carey in The Sunday Times

half an hour later

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The Shepherd's Hut by Tim Winton paperback said Alex Preston in TheTim Winton, one of Australias most lauded novelists, has a gift for making the vernacular lyrical, said Rachel Seiffert in The Guardian. His protagonists tend to be outsiders, beyond the pale and his latest novel opens true to form. Jaxie Clackton is a teenager whose mother has died of cancer and who lives in a small town in western Australia with his violently alcoholic father. When an accident with a car jack results in the latters death, Jaxie