Trent Dalton – författare

"The best book I read this decade." -Sharon Van Etten in Rolling Stone

“Boy Swallows Universe 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

A "thrilling" (New York Times Book Review) novel of love, crime, magic, fate and a boy’s coming of age in 1980s Australia, named one of the best literary fiction titles of 2019 by Library Journal. 

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 Slim—a notorious felon and national record-holder for successful prison escapes—who watches over Eli and August, his silent genius of an older brother.

Exiled far from the rest of the world in Darra, a neglected 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 path—most notably Tytus Broz, Brisbane’s legendary drug dealer.

But the real trouble lies ahead. Eli is about to fall in love, face off against truly bad guys, and fight to save his mother from a certain doom—all before starting high school.

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. Powerful and kinetic, Trent Dalton’s debut is sure to be one of the most heartbreaking, joyous and exhilarating novels you will experience.

From the internationally bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe, three unlikely friends journey across Australia to escape danger during World War II.

Darwin, 1942. As Japanese bombs rain down on her hometown, newly orphaned Molly Hook looks to the skies and runs for her life. Inside a duffel bag, she carries a stone heart and a map that will lead her to Longcoat Bob, the deep-country sorcerer whom she believes cursed her family. Accompanying her are the most unlikely traveling companions: Greta, a razor-tongued actress, and Yukio, a Japanese fighter pilot who’s abandoned his post.

With messages from the skies above to guide them towards treasure, but foes close on their trail, the trio will encounter the beauty and vastness of the Northern Territory and survive in ways they never thought possible.

A story about the gifts that fall from the sky, curses we dig from the earth, and secrets we bury inside ourselves, Trent Dalton’s brilliantly imagined novel is an odyssey of true love and grave danger, of darkness and light, of bones and blue heavens. It is a love letter to Australia and an ode to the art of looking up—a buoyant and magical tale, filled to the brim with warmth, wit, and wonder.

“A work of shimmering originality and energy, with extraordinary characters and a clever, thrilling plot. . . . unputdownable.” —Sydney Morning Herald

“A spellbinding saga of survival and transformation. . . . This is a wonder.” —Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“Achingly beautiful and poetic in its melancholy, All Our Shimmering Skies is a majestic and riveting tale of curses and the true meaning of treasure.” —Booklist (starred review)

Boken bakom Netflix succéserie!Ett måste för dig som älskade Ängeln på sjunde trappsteget, Shuggie Bain eller Mig äger ingen.  Vad gör man när pappa har stuckit, mamma knarkar, styvpappa är langare och storebror skriver i luften med fingret istället för att prata?  I en fattig förort till 1980-talets Brisbane försöker 12-årige Eli följa sitt hjärta och förstå vad som krävs för att bli en bra människa. Men ständigt kaos och hot, främst i form av knarkkungen Tytus Broz, gör livet svårt. Men även annat komplicerar Elis liv, som den första kärleken, viljan att rädda sin mamma och en dag bli en riktig journalist som får skriva om allt han ser och allt som händer.   Tillsammans med sin selektivt stumma bror ger sig den brådmogne Eli ut på en förortsodyssé fylld av kärlek, försoning och vedergällning efter att deras familj har splittrats av en knarkkung.   Pojke slukar universum är en drabbande och omistlig roman om att älska sin dysfunktionella familj trots tumult, missbruk och fattigdom; och om att våga drömma stort.  Trent Dalton är en prisbelönt australiensisk reporter och journalist. Pojke slukar universum är hans debutroman och den har tagit både kritiker och läsare med storm, i Australien och världen över.  ”Elektrisk!” - The Times   ”Hisnande.” - New York Times