Critical Commentary
Winter’s novels and short stories have been described as having “a free-flowing, vibrant dialogue, presented without quotation marks. His characters' speech ranges from contemplative and meandering to rapid fire and piercing.”
Lynn Coady, reviewing The Death of Donna Whalen, wrote that Winter’s use of documentary material “shows amazing faith in the power of story itself, the sheer ability of raw human character to transfix us. In stepping back from centre stage and turning the spotlight entirely on this devastating array of intersecting lives and deaths, Winter has enacted some of the most powerful storytelling of his career.”
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