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Breath

By: Tim Winton
Narrated by: Troy Planet
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Winner of the Miles Franklin Literary Award and now a major film.

When paramedic Bruce Pike is called out to deal with another teenage adventure gone wrong, he knows better than his colleague, better than the kid's parents, what happened and how. Thirty years before, that dead boy could have been him. A relentlessly gripping and deeply moving novel about the damage you do to yourself when you're young and think you're immortal.

©2008 Tim Winton (P)2018 W.F. Howes Ltd Coming of Age Fiction Friendship Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Small Town & Rural

Critic Reviews

"An absorbing, powerful and deeply beautiful novel, a meditation on surfing which becomes a rumination about the very stuff of existence." (The Observer)

"This brilliant book may well turn out to be the finest thing that Winton has done." (Sydney Morning Herald)

"It's unlikely Winton has ever written as well as he writes in Breath.... Its seeming simplicity is deceptive, for beneath its pared-back surfaces lies all the steel of a major novelist operating at full throttle in a territory he has spent 25 years making his own." (The Age)
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Loved this book! Narration was extraordinary. Characters rich and believable.
I would recommend this to anyone.

Heart

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Excellent story that provokes life reflection. The narrator is so well chosen for this book, really brings this story to life with excellent tone and pacing.

Loved it from start to finish

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Man being a surfer isnt my cup of tea but I do love to watch them ride there boards . Me it's the land
to scered of 🦈& 🐊 LOL Thank you All. 💜💜

Breath by Tim Winton

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If you want to listen to a quintessential Aussie story then you should download this.

Another Winton Cracker

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beautifully written. great story. will appeal to all not just surfers. do yorself a favour and read

loved it

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The narrator drew his words out too often with a lot of unnecessary pauses.
The usual Tim Winton way of making you feel like you’re right there where it’s happening.

Great story

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Breath was an enjoyable read. It was not too long with enough turns to kept you interested..

An enjoyable read

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A vivid, wild story with artfully descriptive moments that stick with you long after reading. Perfectly narrated too.

A magical tale with an edge to it.

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a claassic coming of age story infused wirh the Australian ocean and the struggle to break free of adrenaline based addiction.

short and beautifully descriptive.

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great story, excellent narrator that is easy to listen to. Listened to in 1 weekend.

Excellent

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