The Book Depository Breath by Tim Winton
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Description: Breath : Paperback : Penguin Random House Australia : 9780143009580 : 0143009583 : 29 Apr 2009 : Breath is a story about the wildness of youth - the lust for excitement and terror, the determination to be extraordinary, the wounds that heal and those that don't - and about learning to live with its passing. The Book Depository Breath by Tim Winton - shop the best deal online on thebookbug.co.uk
Category: Books
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Product ID: 9780143009580
MPN: 0143009583
GTIN: 9780143009580
Author: andrew robertson
Rating: 5
Review: Really enjoyed this book. As usual Tim Winton leads you through an unexpected path to a unexpected conclusion.
Author: M. J. Saxton
Rating: 3
Review: Definitely what I'd term "lad lit" - one for the boys. It is a coming of age tale with a more dubious sexual awakening than those well know versions in the sixties and seventies. It is set in that period which may be why Winton chose the style to tell Bruce Pike's story, and for the most part the book keeps to the formula, though you have the inkling that it is leading to something slightly murky because of the prologue scene. And it is, and I could have done without it. I was quite enjoying this tale of a backwoods boy growing up and aware in an out of the way town, learning about surfing with his devil-may-care mate, Loonie, and the hippy surf meister, Sando. There's the obligatory sex with the older woman scenario. And then there's self-asphyxiation for sexual pleasure, with overtones of abuse. Very contemporary, and, for me, a slide in twenty first century popular literature that I'm afraid I just don't like. So there's a breakdown, hospital, counselling and redemption, rather sketched over, it has to be said, and that left me wondering if, really, there weren't a novel more than twice as long waiting inside this one to be written. One perhaps more literarily satisfying for me. I call it lad lit because its themes and brevity seem calculated to appeal to the urban male with time on the commuter train. It's a good story, well told, just not to my taste. Read it and see what you think, I would definitely recommend that.
