"The Turning" by Tim Winton
I heard Tim Winton read from this a year or so ago and we're now reading it for one of my bookclubs. I'm very impressed with these stories. They are short stories that stand on their own but do interconnect quite a bit. You never quite know when a previous character is going to turn up. The Australia aspect gives his writing an exotic flair and he is just amazing at developing the most interesting characters...some seem larger than life and yet true to life. I must read his novel "Dirt Music" which I've heard really good things about.
