The Shepherd’s Hut
Hamish Hamilton, $39.99 pb, 267 pp, 9780143786115
Fiction
The Shepherd’s Hut by Tim Winton
by Brenda Niall •
There are no sheep grazing anywhere near the shepherd’s hut of Tim Winton’s new novel. A few wild goats in the desolate landscape, some broken machinery: that’s all. The narrator, fifteen-year-old Jaxie Clackton, prime suspect for killing his abusive father, is on the run from the police. His scanty food supplies have dwindled almost to nothing and he is desperate for water. He has no gun and his only knife is no use for hunting.
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