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.
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.
"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."
