Boy swallows universe / Trent Dalton.
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TextPublisher: Sydney, NSW : Fourth Estate, 2019Copyright date: ©2018Description: 501 pages ; 20 cmContent type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 9781460757765Subject(s): HM Prison, Brisbane -- Fiction | 1900-1999 | Modern & contemporary fiction | Prisons -- Queensland -- Brisbane -- Fiction | Families -- Queensland -- Fiction | Children of prisoners -- Queensland -- Fiction | Ex-convicts -- Queensland -- Brisbane -- Fiction | Coming of age -- Fiction | Bildungsromans | Teenage boys -- Fiction | Working class -- Australia -- Fiction | Australian fiction | Nineteen eighties -- Fiction | Suburbs -- Queensland -- Brisbane -- Fiction | Criminals -- Fiction | Friendship -- Fiction | Bookclub collection | Dysfunctional families -- Fiction | Brisbane (Qld.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction | Darra (Brisbane, Qld.) -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction | Brisbane (Qld.) -- Social conditions -- 20th century -- Fiction | Brisbane (Qld.) -- FictionGenre/Form: Bildungsromans. DDC classification: A823.4 Summary: Brisbane, 1983. A lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious crim for a babysitter. It's not as if Eli's life isn't complicated enough already. He's just trying to follow his heart, learning what it takes to be a good man, but life just keeps throwing obstacles in the way - not least of which is Tytus Broz, legendary Brisbane drug dealer. But Eli's life is about to get a whole lot more serious. He's about to fall in love. And, oh yeah, he has to break into Boggo Road Gaol on Christmas Day, to save his mum.
| Item type | Current library | Call number | Status | Date due | Barcode |
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| wnor- Book | Northam Northam Adult fiction | F DAL (Browse shelf(Opens below)) | Available | al42000216631b |
First published: 2018.
Brisbane, 1983. A lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious crim for a babysitter. It's not as if Eli's life isn't complicated enough already. He's just trying to follow his heart, learning what it takes to be a good man, but life just keeps throwing obstacles in the way - not least of which is Tytus Broz, legendary Brisbane drug dealer. But Eli's life is about to get a whole lot more serious. He's about to fall in love. And, oh yeah, he has to break into Boggo Road Gaol on Christmas Day, to save his mum.
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