Eyrie by Tim Winton

Tom Keely is an environmental lobbyist who has fallen on hard times. Unemployed, he has cut himself off from others and is living alone in a soulless tower block. A chance meeting with an old family friend and her unusual child sees him reluctantly becoming involved in the problems of others and, in the process, examines his own past.

This novel is gritty, but beautiful.  Tim Winton has a great ability to describe, which give his books a wonderful sense of place and makes his male characters really resonate.  His portrayal of contemporary Western Australia is brilliant, and he gets the Aussie bloke just right.

Reviewed by Katrina H

Catalogue Link:  Eyrie

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More about the Author: Tim Winton has published twenty-five books for adults and children, and his work has been translated into twenty-eight languages. Since his first novel, An Open Swimmer, won the Australian Vogel Award in 1981, he has won the Miles Franklin Award four times (for Shallows,Cloudstreet, Dirt Music and Breath) and twice been shortlisted for the Booker Prize (for The Riders and Dirt Music). He lives in Western Australia.