![]() ![]() The last 100 pages of Boy Swallows Universe propel you like an express train to a conclusion that is profound and complex and unashamedly commercial. His dialogue is every bit as funny and accurate as Winton's, his prose just as evocative, and he's better at wrapping up the ending. The genre often tends towards gratuitous sensationalism and it's a rare talent – Tim Winton and Robert Drewe both come to mind – who can lie in the gutter and still describe the stars.ĭalton is a writer in the same league. ![]() Welcome to the weird and wonderful universe of Trent Dalton, whose first work of fiction is, without exaggeration, the best Australian novel I have read in more than a decade.Īustralian fiction and screenwriting have long been obsessed – to a fault – with the lives of scumbags and criminals. ![]()
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