Win a copy of Boy Swallows Universe Now to Love NZ

The Wonder Years meets Underbelly in this exhilarating, hilarious and heartbreaking novel that blasts readers back to 1980s suburban Brisbane.
Young Eli Bell has a few things to deal with. He's estranged from his drunkard dad, who left the family long ago. He lives with his mother, the often off-her-chops Frances, and his stepfather Lyle, who brings home the bacon thanks to his job as a heroin dealer. When neither of them are around, Eli is cared for by Slim, a notorious crim who served time for murder.
Eli considers all of this to be perfectly fine, but things are about to get worse: Frances gets shunted off to jail and Eli and his mute older brother are obliged to reacquaint themselves with their father.
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