![]() ![]() Camera Icon Journalist and first-name novelist Trent Dalton posing in Ducie Street, Darra, in Brisbane. And that love burns through his striking debut novel, populated by fictional versions of those he knew best.The book landed a publishing deal reported to be in the high six figures and is currently the subject of a bidding war for film rights. His babysitter and mentor was Arthur “Slim” Halliday, a well-known Queensland criminal who was convicted for the murder of a taxi driver and was known as “The Houdini of Boggo Road” for his ability to escape Brisbane’s notorious Boggo Road Gaol.ĭalton loved all of these people unconditionally, despite their flaws. His father smoked, drank and read compulsively. ![]() His mother and stepfather sold heroin and did jail time. ![]()
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