As good a collection as I've read in an age. And the stories are all connected, so it has the feel of a loose novel. Just tremendous writing and (small-town) world-building
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Winton's book contains some of those clippings so popular in Australian English: bronzies, deckie, Landy, oldies, vollies, wetty, and others.
Without context it's hard to guess them unless you know AusEng. I've updated my post on the phenomenon:
https://stancarey.wordpress.com/2015/02/05/australian-clippings-in-peter-temples-truth/
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Stan Carey