{"product_id":"9781460757765","title":"Boy Swallows Universe","description":"Author: Dalton, Trent\u003cbr\u003eISBN: 9781460757765\u003cbr\u003ePublisher: HarperCollins Publishers\u003cbr\u003eYear First Published: 2019\u003cbr\u003ePages: 528\u003cbr\u003eDimensions: 198mm x 129mm x 33mm\u003cbr\u003eFormat: Paperback \/ softback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eDescription: \u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e'The best Australian novel I have read in more than a decade' \u003cem\u003eSydney Morning Herald\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e'\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAstonishing, captivating ... a \u003c\/strong\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ewild, beautiful, heart-exploding ride' Elizabeth Gilbert\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\n \u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eThe bestselling novel that has taken Australia, and the world, by storm. Winner of Book of the Year at the 2019 Indie Book Awards, winner of a record four Australian Book Industry Awards in 2019, including the prestigious Book of the Year Award, and winner of the 2019 UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing, NSW Premier's Literary Awards\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBrisbane, 1985: A lost father, a mute brother, a junkie mum, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious crim for a babysitter. It's not as if Eli Bell's life isn't complicated enough already. He's just trying to follow his heart and understand what it means to be a good man, but fate keeps throwing obstacles in his way - not the least of which is Tytus Broz, legendary Brisbane drug dealer.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut now Eli's life is going to get a whole lot more serious: he's about to meet the father he doesn't remember, break into Boggo Road Gaol on Christmas Day to rescue his mum, come face to face with the criminals who tore his world apart, and fall in love with the girl of his dreams.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA story of brotherhood, true love and the most unlikely of friendships, \u003cem\u003eBoy Swallows Universe\u003c\/em\u003e will be the most heartbreaking, joyous and exhilarating novel you will read all year.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eAwards:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2019 ABIA Book of the Year Award, Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2019 Indie Book Award, Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2019 UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing, NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2019 People's Choice Award, NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMUD Literary Prize 2019, Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2019 ABIA Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year, Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2019 ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year, Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2019 ABIA Audiobook of the Year, Winner\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award, Longlisted\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e2019 Colin Roderick Award, shortlist\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003eReviews:\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'\u003cem\u003eBoy Swallows Universe\u003c\/em\u003e is a wonderful surprise: sharp as a drawer full of knives in terms of subject matter; unrepentantly joyous in its child's-eye view of the world; the best literary debut in a month of Sundays.' \u003cem\u003eThe Australian\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003e'Boy Swallows Universe\u003c\/em\u003e hypnotizes you with wonder, and then hammers you with heartbreak.' \u003cem\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'This thrilling novel' \u003cem\u003eNew York Times Book Review\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e'Marvelously plot-rich ... filled with beautifully lyric prose ...At one point Eli wonders if he is good. 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