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Article: Mind the Country: Tim Winton's Fiction.(Book review)
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- Australian Literary Studies
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- April 1, 2008
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Mind the Country: Tim Winton's Fiction, by Salhia Ben-Messahel. Crawley, WA: University of Western Australia Press, 2006. Paperback, $39.95.
Twenty-five years have passed since Tim Winton was the joint winner of The Australian/ Vogel National Literary Award in 1981, which led to the publication of An Open Swimmer in 1982. Winton has now published fourteen novels (including young adult and children's books), four collections of short fiction, and three works of non-fiction. He has won numerous awards, including the Miles Franklin (three times), the Western Australian Premier's Book Award (four times), the New South Wales Premier's Literary Award (twice), and has ...