'Winton's love letter to the vast island continent which has spawned all he has written ... He gives praise to its grandeur in words as John Olsen and Emily Kngwarreye have done in paint ... Winton's Australia is teeming and brimming and shrieking and squawking with life.' -- Sydney Morning Herald 'Tim Winton's Island Home isn't memoir, it's a cultural call to arms ... Winton remains one of the finest place-painters in Australian literature.' -- The Guardian 'Island Home is thus part political manifesto that presents a profound challenge to traditional rural conservatism as well as to the right in general. Conservatives say they love their country. Winton lays bare how very destructive of it some of their actions have been.' -- The Monthly