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When paramedic Bruce Pike is called out to deal with another teenage adventure gone wrong, he knows better than anyone what happened and how.

Thirty years before, that dead boy could have been him. Bruce remembers what it was like to be a risk-taking kid, to feel that thrill and that fear....

Breath by Tim Winton is the story of Bruce and his best friend, Loonie, and the obsession that changed both of their lives. It is about the exhilaration of the sea and the waves, the treacherous addiction to risk and the intoxicating power of forbidden love.

©2008 Tim Winton (P)2018 W.F. Howes Ltd Coming of Age Fiction Friendship Genre Fiction Literary Fiction Small Town & Rural Sports
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I’ve no interest whatsoever in surfing . This is just a wonderful coming-of-age plus plus novel full of colour , extreme high’s and low’s , and the news that life is hard . But oh my , it’s to be lived . My third of TW’s diverse canon .. all brilliant . Self contained and forensically observed . Wonderful .

Superbly crafted and emotionally compelling

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I enjoy this author’s style, the descriptive language and perceptively drawn, damaged characters inhabiting harsh, unforgiving environments in Australia with fortitude. I particularly loved the theme of this novel, it’s smart plotting, seamless. It’s slow to start and perhaps a little rushed at the end but this seems to be his, and other authors’, style. I am glad I held my patience and let the story carry me in to shore like a wave. This author doesn’t shy away from bleak but nevertheless this has a satisfying ending. Great gravelly Australian narration adds to the tone of the work.

Visceral evocative prose, powerful narration and thematic story

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