Boy Swallows Universe Jo Fletcher Books author of the internationally bestselling

author of the internationally bestselling

to Captain Joshua Slocum and Butch Cassidy

their marriage is wordlessly falling apart

his friend Oscar Wilde is now an exile living in Paris

excitement and pathos to keep a dozen less profligate and inventive novelists busy for years

Boy Swallows Universe Jo Fletcher Books author of the internationally bestsellingThe most extraordinary writer a rare talent' Nikki Gemmell An utterly wonderful novel of love, crime, magic, fate and coming of age from one of Australia's most exciting new writers. Brisbane, 1983: A lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious criminal 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