Boy Swallows Universe TV Tie In

Australia's favourite novel, now a major Netflix series, starring Travis Fimmel, Simon Baker, Phoebe Tonkin, Bryan Brown, and Anthony La Paglia.

The bestselling, multi-award-winning, much-loved novel that has taken Australia, and the world, by storm is now a major international Netflix series.

Brisbane, 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.

But 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.

A story of brotherhood, true love, and the most unlikely of friendships, Boy Swallows Universe is heartbreaking, joyous, and exhilarating.

Awards:

- 2019 ABIA Book of the Year Award, Winner
- 2019 Indie Book Award, Winner
- 2019 UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing, NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Winner
- 2019 People's Choice Award, NSW Premier's Literary Awards, Winner
- MUD Literary Prize 2019, Winner
- 2019 ABIA Matt Richell Award for New Writer of the Year, Winner
- 2019 ABIA Literary Fiction Book of the Year, Winner
- 2019 ABIA Audiobook of the Year, Winner
- 2019 Miles Franklin Literary Award, Longlisted
- 2019 Colin Roderick Award, shortlist

Reviews:

Boy Swallows Universe 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. The Australian

Boy Swallows Universe hypnotizes you with wonder, and then hammers you with heartbreak. Washington Post

This thrilling novel. New York Times Book Review

Marvelously plot-rich. filled with beautifully lyric prose. At one point Eli wonders if he is good. The answer is "yes," every bit as good as this exceptional novel. Booklist

Dalton's splashy, stellar debut makes the typical coming-of-age novel look bland by comparison. This is an outstanding debut. Publisher's Weekly (starred review)

Extraordinary and beautiful storytelling. Guardian