Dirt Music by Tim Winton

Dirt Music : A Novel

Dirt Music was not a very popular book. Two members of our group didn't manage to finish it. Nevertheless, we had a great discussion after reading it. The characters were very colorful and memorable. We were a little confused about some of the things that happened in the plot as there didn't seem to be any purpose to those events being there. Some of the events were just that the main character was traveling and met different people.

The way it was written was a little strange. I personally don't like writing that isn't in complete sentences. There was a lot of speech without the correct punctuation. My English teacher would have been horrified. However, that was the style and it did make it easier to read. And the book did win a number of prizes for having been written.

Personally I wouldn't read another book by this author because of the style of writing. However, his characters have stayed with me long after I finished the book.

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