Memoir or Fiction? Trent Dalton On Boy Swallows Universe

Mamamia Book Club by Mamamia Women's Network

Dec 21, 201936:24Arts

Trent Dalton's childhood was filled with dark people, underground rooms and strange secrets. In his critically-acclaimed debut book Boy Swallows Universe , memoir meets fiction, as Dalton explores suburban Australia, bro...

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