Trent Dalton Livres

'A boisterous romp that spotlights serious social issues' DAILY MAIL 'A Down Under Demon Copperhead... it's more than feel-good, it's feel-everything. What a triumph' A. J. FINN Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, this is the irresistible new novel from the internationally bestselling author of BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE and ALL OUR SHIMMERING SKIES. 'Mirror, mirror, on the grass, what's my future? What's my past?' A girl and her mother have been on the run for sixteen years, from police and the monster they left in their kitchen with a knife in his throat. The girl has no name, but she has a dream - for a life of love, as an artist, outside the grip of the Brisbane underworld and its drug queen 'Lady' Flora Box. There's only one person who can help make her dreams come true: Lola. To find her, the girl with no name must do one of the hardest things we can. She must look in the mirror. Bighearted, gritty, magical and moving, LOLA IN THE MIRROR is the irresistible new novel from the international bestselling author of BOY SWALLOWS UNIVERSE and ALL OUR SHIMMERING SKIES.

Trent Dalton, Australia's best-loved writer, sat on a busy street corner with a sky-blue Olivetti typewriter and asked the world a simple, direct question: Can you please tell me a love story?

Brisbane, 1983: A lost father, a mute brother, a mum in jail, a heroin dealer for a stepfather and a notorious crim 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 man, but life just keeps throwing obstacles in the way - not least of which is Tytus Broz, legendary Brisbane drug dealer. But Eli's life is about to get a whole lot more serious: he's about to meet the father he doesn't remember, break into Boggo Road Gaol on Christmas Day to save his mum, come face to face with the criminals who tore his world apart, and fall in love with the girl of his dreams

The new novel from the bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe 'Extravagantly beautiful writing' ADELAIDE ADVERTISER 'Unputdownable' SYDNEY MORNING HERALD 'Poetic and full of grace' HERALD SUN

Was siehst du, wenn du in den Spiegel schaust? Ein Mädchen und seine Mutter sind seit Jahren auf der Flucht – vor ihrer Vergangenheit, und vor der Polizei. Einen Namen hat das Mädchen nicht, denn Namen sind gefährlich, wenn man sich versteckt hält. Das Leben spielt sich nun in einem Van auf dem Schrottplatz am Brisbane River ab und könnte trister nicht sein. Doch das Mädchen hat einen Traum: Es will Künstlerin werden, fernab der kriminellen Welt Brisbanes. Und dann ist da noch dieser Junge, auf der anderen Seite des Flusses, für den das Mädchen sich immer mehr erwärmt. Doch um ihre Träume zu verwirklichen braucht es Hilfe, und die einzige Person, die ihm helfen kann, ist Lola. Lola im Spiegel. Der internationale Bestsellerautor Trent Dalton liefert einen großen, bewegenden, düster-komischen, gewalttätigen, herzzerreißenden und schönen Roman über Liebe und Schicksal, Leben und Tod und all die Dinge, die wir sehen, wenn wir in den Spiegel schauen: unsere ganze Vergangenheit, unsere Gegenwart und unsere mögliche Zukunft.