Boy Swallows Universe Condition:Well Read he is beckoned up the

he is beckoned up the stairs of an empty Dublin house

and digs into the eerie labyrinth of the abbey where extraordinary things are happening under the cover of night

In the land of eloquent silence that is Communist East Germany

Sonny Liew

Boy Swallows Universe Condition:Well Read he is beckoned up the'The 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