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Boy Swallows Universe
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This novel is suited to readers who enjoy contemporary fiction with themes of family, friendship, and resilience, particularly those interested in gritty, coming-of-age Australian stories with a strong emotional core.
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Now a Netflix original series starring Simon Baker, Travis Fimmel, and Phoebe Tonkin!
"Hypnotizes you with wonder, and then hammers you with heartbreak. . . . Eli's remarkably poetic voice and his astonishingly open heart take the day. They enable him to carve out the best of what's possible from the worst of what is, which is the miracle that makes this novel marvelous." --Washington Post
"The best book I read this decade." --Sharon Van Etten in Rolling Stone
A story of brotherhood, true love, family, and the most unlikely of friendships, Boy Swallows Universe is the tale of an adolescent boy on the cusp of discovering the man he will be in this powerful work of contemporary fiction.
Eli Bell's life is complicated. His father is lost, his mother is in jail, and his stepdad is a heroin dealer. The most steadfast adult in Eli's life is Slimβa notorious felon and national record-holder for successful prison escapesβwho watches over Eli and August, his silent genius of an older brother.
Exiled far from the rest of the world in Darra, a neglected 1980s Brisbane suburb populated by Polish and Vietnamese refugees, this twelve-year-old boy with an old soul and an adult mind is just trying to follow his heart, learn what it takes to be a good man, and train for a glamorous career in journalism. Life, however, insists on throwing obstacles in Eli's pathβmost notably Tytus Broz, Brisbane's legendary drug dealer.
But the real trouble in this gripping Australian saga lies ahead. Eli is about to fall in love, face off against truly bad guys, and fight to save his mother from a certain doomβall before starting high school.
Powerful and kinetic, Trent Dalton's debut is sure to be one of the most heartbreaking, joyous, and exhilarating novels you will experience.
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ISBN: 9780062898111
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers Inc
Format: Paperback / softback
Date Published: 07 April 2020
Country: United States
Imprint: Collins
Audience: General / adult
DIMENSIONS
Spine width: 28.0mm
Width: 137.0mm
Height: 203.0mm
Weight: 318g
Pages: 464
About the Author
Trent Dalton is a two-time Walkley Award-winning journalist and the international bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe, All Our Shimmering Skies, and Lola in the Mirror. His books have sold over 1.3 million copies in Australia alone. He lives in Brisbane, Australia, with his wife and two daughters.
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