Gritty, hilarious, moving, and full of secrets and mystery, an irresistible novel from the #1 internationally bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe and Lola in the Mirror.
It's the story of a murder. It's the story of a marriage. It's the story of a lifetime.
Noah Cork has just published the biggest book of his career: a white-hot true-crime story about the cold-blooded killer who slipped an unfolding murder mystery into his mailbox. But if this is his moment of triumph, then why is the tin roof being ripped from the walls of his reality? Why are skeletons standing upright in his closet? Why do people want to run him over in the street? And why does his wife keep writing a cryptic message across the bathroom mirror?
As a severe storm heads towards Brisbane, Noah hurtles headfirst into a swirling maelstrom of secrets. He must now cling for dear life to the only story that ever really mattered. He must hold on to the truth. He must hold on to the story. He must hold on to love.
Dark, rollicking, hilarious, and surprising, Gravity Let Me Go is Trent Dalton's deeply personal exploration of marriage and ambition, truth-telling and truth-omitting, self-deception and self-preservation. It's a novel about the stories we want to tell the world and those we shouldn't, and how the stories we keep locked away are so often the stories that come to define us.
About the Author :
Trent Dalton is a two-time Walkley Award-winning journalist and the international bestselling author of Boy Swallows Universe, All Our Shimmering Skies, and Lola in the Mirror. His books have sold over 1.3 million copies in Australia alone. He lives in Brisbane, Australia, with his wife and two daughters.
Review :
"Heartfelt, funny, and mesmerizing, this will leave readers feeling like they've stepped off a roller coaster." -- Publisher's Weekly
"Extraordinary and beautiful storytelling." - The Guardian on Boy Swallows Universe
"Boy Swallows Universe hypnotizes you with wonder, and then hammers you with heartbreak. . . . Eli's remarkably poetic voice and his astonishingly open heart take the day. They enable him to carve out the best of what's possible from the worst of what is, which is the miracle that makes this novel marvelous." - Washington Post on Boy Swallows Universe
"The best book I read this decade." - Sharon Van Etten, Rolling Stone, on Boy Swallows Universe
"This thrilling novel takes you along for the ride." - New York Times Book Review on Boy Swallows Universe
"A work of shimmering originality and energy, with extraordinary characters and a clever, thrilling plot. . . . unputdownable." - Sydney Morning Herald on All Our Shimmering Skies
"A spellbinding saga of survival and transformation in WWII Australia. . . . This is a wonder." - Publishers Weekly (starred review) on All Our Shimmering Skies
"Achingly beautiful and poetic in its melancholy, All Our Shimmering Skies is a majestic and riveting tale of curses and the true meaning of treasure." - Booklist (starred review) on All Our Shimmering Skies
"You've never read a novel like Lola in the Mirror. It's a Down Under Demon Copperhead, a coming-of-age fairy tale, a novel like a fireworks display: spectacular, kaleidoscopic, heartbursting . . . . Lola in the Mirror is a beating heart of a book, urgent and life-giving; it's more than 'feel-good'--it's feel-everything. What a triumph" - A.J. Finn on Lola in the Mirror
