Winningest Winton

I’m probably going to get asked to hand in my Australia card (What? You don’t have one? Bugger!) when I say this, but, I don’t get the Tim Winton thing.

I’ve tried, too. He owes me for making it through Dirt Music. The Riders? Hell, that was enough to put me off Europe and there are others where I’ve thought, “I’ve got a problem. Tim Winton is like Magic Eye puzzles. What is everybody else seeing, that I’m not.”

I guess that’s just the nature of art, but there seems to be pretty strong agreement elsewhere about him. He’s just won his 27th Miles Franklin-Gordon award and that’s exactly why you shouldn’t put rivers in charge of literary awards.