Boy Swallows Universe

New York: HarperCollins Publishers, 2019. SIGNED. Purchased New. NF/NF. Stated First U.S. Edition. First printing with number line ending in 1. Signed by Trent Dalton on the title page. The unread book is tight with solid hinges, good tips, and clean boards. Light creases to spine ends. The textblock is clean with no writing, bookplate, or markings and not BCE, ex-library, or remaindered. The dust jacket is unclipped ($26,99) with faint wear to the spine ends. Protected in a new Brodart Mylar cover. 452 pages. 6¼ x 9¼ " tall. A Netflix limited series.

A novel of love, crime, magic, fate, and a boy's coming of age in 1980s Australia.

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.