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Boy Swallows Universe by Trent Dalton

"Do your time before it does you."

Just finished! What a book! Coming of Age story in 1980s Australia. Eli and August are brothers trying to survive within a family entrenched in the South East Asian heroin drug trade. A Down Under where prison convicts save the day and parents too often come up short. Another thumbs up!




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