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The Shepherd's Hut: A Novel Hardcover – June 19, 2018

by Tim Winton (Author)
4.2 4.2 out of 5 stars 4,563 ratings
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From Tim Winton, Australia’s most decorated and beloved novelist and the author of Cloudstreet, comes The Shepherd’s Hut, the story of a young man on a thrilling journey of self-discovery in one of the harshest, near-uninhabitable climates on Earth.

Tim Winton is Australia’s most decorated and beloved novelist. Short-listed twice for the Booker Prize and the winner of a record four Miles Franklin Literary Awards for Best Australian Novel, he has a gift for language virtually unrivaled among writers in English. His work is both tough and tender, primordial and new―always revealing the raw, instinctual drives that lure us together and rend us apart.

In The Shepherd’s Hut, Winton crafts the story of Jaxie Clackton, a brutalized rural youth who flees from the scene of his father’s violent death and strikes out for the vast wilds of Western Australia. All he carries with him is a rifle and a waterjug. All he wants is peace and freedom. But surviving in the harsh saltlands alone is a savage business. And once he discovers he’s not alone out there, all Jaxie’s plans go awry. He meets a fellow exile, the ruined priest Fintan MacGillis, a man he’s never certain he can trust, but on whom his life will soon depend. The Shepherd’s Hut is a thrilling tale of unlikely friendship and yearning, at once brutal and lyrical, from one of our finest storytellers.

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  1. Print length
    288 pages
  2. Language
    English
  3. Publisher
    Farrar, Straus and Giroux
  4. Publication date
    June 19, 2018
  5. Dimensions
    7 x 1 x 9 inches
  6. ISBN-10
    0374262322
  7. ISBN-13
    978-0374262327
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"A mournful and fast-paced journey into the life of a young man on his own . . . Winton’s novel is alive with pain and suffering, but it is also full of moments of grace and small acts of kindness. Gorgeously written and taut with eloquent, edgy suspense, Jaxie’s journey is a portrait of young manhood amidst extreme conditions, both inward and outward." ―Publisher's Weekly, starred review

"Winton thrusts the reader into the barren and unforgiving salt land in western Australia . . . An absolute thrill to read.” ―Booklist

About the Author

Tim Winton is widely considered one of the greatest living Australian writers. He has published numerous books, 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.

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  • Publisher ‏ : ‎ Farrar, Straus and Giroux; First American Edition (June 19, 2018)
  • Language ‏ : ‎ English
  • Hardcover ‏ : ‎ 288 pages
  • ISBN-10 ‏ : ‎ 0374262322
  • ISBN-13 ‏ : ‎ 978-0374262327
  • Item Weight ‏ : ‎ 1 pounds
  • Dimensions ‏ : ‎ 7 x 1 x 9 inches
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Flight Risk (The Gypsy Moth)
5.0 out of 5 stars Didn't know what to expect
Reviewed in the United States on May 24, 2021
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This book was recommended by a friend, but I forget why her review got me interested. Whatever it was, apparently it didn't spark what I expected, as the style and content of the story were something of a surprise to me. A young man in not-very-good financial circumstances, ill-used by his father and doing a slow burn since childhood, comes home to a shocking discovery and heads out for the territories where no one will find him. The tale of his fairly resourceful activities after that and his sometimes also-shocking remembrances - which he goes over in his head frequently - is, to put it mildly, absorbing. Told in Australian idiom and slang, it might take a bit of getting used to, but it certainly isn't dull. I'm a slow reader (I like to savor passages) and I zipped right through this. Tim Winton, the author, is a premier Australian writer who has been short-listed a few times for the Booker Prize, and deserves the accolades.
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4.0 out of 5 stars The Australian Landscape is the Star
Reviewed in the United States on December 23, 2018
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I'm a huge Tim Winton fan and have to say this isn't one of my favourites. It's an interesting read, albeit disturbing in a multi-layered way which I'd have to give away plot to explain. If you haven't read any of Winton's work before, I'd recommend you don't start with this one. Instead try The Riders or Dirt Music or Cloudstreet. If you're into short stories which is a good way to get into Winton's work try his book The Turning. This one takes a little more effort due to the dialogue, but as in all of Winton's work the Australian landscape is the star.
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Prismpromise
5.0 out of 5 stars Read it. You won’t be sorry.
Reviewed in the United States on August 21, 2018
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At first I thought I wouldn’t like it because his culture specific terminology was hard to follow, but it wasn’t long before I was thinking in his terms. The book is a read that keeps pulling the reader along and while it seems as if the author could just speed things up a bit, I kept reading because I wanted to know what happened next. And I read to the very end...

The characters are believable and genuine. I wanted them to survive and succeed, even though I thought they probably wouldn’t. It is a refreshing read and even though the protagonist is a youth, I identified with him and even wanted to make suggestions.

I passed the book along to my grandson who is fourteen.
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Lois G. Shrout
3.0 out of 5 stars I'm a Winton fan, but the dialect in this novel created a wall I'm not prepared to climb.
Reviewed in the United States on November 28, 2018
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I bought it because I have been impressed with Winton's work previously. Dirt Music and Cloud Street are unique, readable, and appealing. But too much of the dialect caused me to abandon it (which I rarely do) after 40 pages.
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jon84
4.0 out of 5 stars Great read - well written- found it hard to put ...
Reviewed in the United States on April 27, 2018
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Great read - well written- found it hard to put down. Not so keen on language - read it in the UK & not sure the book clubs there would appreciate swear words throughout.
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Threepence Worth
5.0 out of 5 stars West Australian characters and bush provide an ancient backdrop to what could be a true story.
Reviewed in the United States on June 26, 2018
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I am a Western Australian and I have lived in the Murchison Goldfields. Tim Winton has captured the feeling of isolation absolutely. His description of the bush, the salt lake, the old hut - it is all correct, right, complete. The dreadful, desolate landscape of the salt lake was so real to me that I could almost smell it. The story he has woven into the landscape is also very believable. I know places and characters like that so the connecting story line falls into place with such a raw, pure truth it is engrossing. This is a true Winton classic which will be read for many years to come.
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Frank Carroll
4.0 out of 5 stars Hard as Australia’s Outback
Reviewed in the United States on October 26, 2018
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This is a well crafted and harsh look at Australia. The author is famous for his authenticity and unvarnished perspectives on Oz and especially male/female interactions in the Outback or rural Australia. Hard to read but very compelling and complicated. It’s the literary analog to our muddy view of the mystical Outback.
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Patrick Webb
5.0 out of 5 stars Tim Winton is an amazing author!
Reviewed in the United States on November 29, 2018
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Tim Winton is, in my humble opinion, one of the most creative authors around today. Many prolific authors get stale and formulaic with the same thoughts and perceptions constantly being repackaged. Tim Winton's books are always fresh and new. Some of the scenery is the same and not in a bad way, but his characters are generally very individual and fresh. His books never fail to satisfy. I can highly recommend this book to everyone. Tim Winton is a truly gifted and talented man!
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Allan Hildon
5.0 out of 5 stars Brilliant!
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on January 31, 2024
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Winton at his best in a novella that packs a punch. Caution: Not a book for the feint of heart as it contains graphic descriptions of violence and animal butchery.
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Butler baboo
3.0 out of 5 stars Overrated
Reviewed in India on April 30, 2022
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After reading this book, don't think I'll ever trust reviews at the back of the books again.
Author after author, newspaper after newspaper gushed: "Dazzling poetry"," Astonishing, breathtaking tale"....

Well alright, alright. Folks...since u're so into it, and I'm so gullible, I'll sell my liver and buy this book.

God, what a letdown. The usual tale of abused child, roaming in the Australian desert, searching his calling. In between he knocks of a few birds, eats a lizard, bumps into a bumbling priest. The prose was raw, spiky, hurtful. But poetic? Hell no...

Only one line stood out, bang in the first page:

'Brings the angel feeling on. Like I'm an arrow of Light".

I read this line on the preview and fired the orange 'buy in one click' button. Guardian, the Times can't be wrong can they? Well, to paraphrase Obama, yes they can! Wasted my morning exploring lives of scarred, broken, hurt people. Broken families, frayed nerves, violent lives. Doubting everything grand and noble...Maybe it's precisely what appeals to modern intellectuals..

I ask you--where is the poetry in that?

And I ask the fawning, gushing reviewers: what were you smoking?
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Adam Bell
5.0 out of 5 stars A strange story, but compelling read.
Reviewed in Canada on August 31, 2019
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A moving and compelling story set in circumstances no North American has ever experienced. Fascinating from that perspective, and a page turner of a story.
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Paul@Aude_France
4.0 out of 5 stars Bleak Australia
Reviewed in France on September 4, 2018
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Brilliantly evocative writing that brings the reader to the shore of the salt lake and the cabin with the old Irish priest and the 15 year old narrator. Just about everything is perfect in this book. The description of the landscape, the dialogues and the way in which the author keeps a tight grip on his story. There isn’t a word that's wasted in these pages. First rate fiction.
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Peter Eerden
5.0 out of 5 stars Aussie venacular at its best - lov’d this shit!
Reviewed in Australia on August 19, 2018
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Tim Winton is truly an author this reader admires. The Shepherd’s Hut’s first page annoyed me in its use of Aussie slang and first person speak that I kept trying to correct in my head. But Tim’s a sly author. By the time I got to page three I stopped tying to correct his grammar in me head and got into the storyline proper. It’s all about storyline and there is no better exponent of this than Tim Winton. I barrelled through this book at a pace that left me breathless in the end. I just needed to follow Jaxi’s journey as hard and fast as the author’s writing style dictated. This book will be a hard read for people who did not grow up with Aussie slang in their veins. It is though this writing style that has endeared me to this book like no other I can remember. It has truly been a great experience to get back to my Aussie childhood language roots in my head and live a life through the Author’s main character.
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