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The Shepherd's Hut

Episode 5: I Thought You Were the End of Days

Duration: 15 minutes

First broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 FMLatest broadcast: on BBC Radio 4 LW

Adam Fitzgerald continues Tim Winton's fierce yet lyrical new novel, set in Australia's outback. Jaxie is on the run after his father's violent death. But it seems he's not alone out in the unforgiving saltlands. And so now he lies in wait, desperate for water, but transfixed by the strange old man he's stumbled upon in the remote ramshackle hut.

Writer: Tim Winton
Abridger: Richard Hamilton
Reader: Adam Fitzgerald
Producer: Justine Willett. Show less

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