Breath

Breath is the story of memories of a lost youth: the attractions, the compulsions, the moments of profound sadness and madness. A young man learns what it means to be extraordinary, to push his mind and body to break limits while simultaneously feeling terrible fear and euphoria, and to hide the emptiness of abandoning this intensity—both in love and in life. Told with Tim Winton's characteristic directness and grace, Breath is a mesmerizing book, the work of a writer at the height of his powers.