{"product_id":"dirt-music-9780743228480","title":"Dirt Music","description":"\u003cb\u003eWinner of The Miles Franklin Literary Award, The Christina Stead Award, WA Premier's Book of the Year, Book Data\/ABA Book of the Year Award, Goodreading Award-Readers Choice Book of the Year\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cb\u003eSet in the dramatic landscape of Western Australia, Dirt Music 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.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eWinton, Tim:\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e - Tim Winton grew up on the coast of Western Australia, where he continues to live. He is the author of eighteen books. His epic novel \u003ci\u003eCloudstreet\u003c\/i\u003e was adapted for the theater and has been performed around the world. His two most recent novels, \u003ci\u003eDirt Music\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eThe Riders\u003c\/i\u003e, were both shortlisted for the Man Booker Prize. He has won the prestigious Miles Franklin Award three times, and in 1998 the Australian National Trust declared Winton a national living treasure. \u003ci\u003eThe Turning\u003c\/i\u003e has already won the 2005 Christina Stead Prize for Fiction.","brand":"Scribner Book Company","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":50648883364114,"sku":"9780743228480","price":14.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0831\/4771\/8930\/files\/img_04c522e3-8bb1-4c5e-9a1c-faf69f6868f4.jpg?v=1733251766","url":"https:\/\/surprise-castle.myshopify.com\/products\/dirt-music-9780743228480","provider":"Surprise Castle","version":"1.0","type":"link"}