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[DEBUT] This autobiographical first novel illustrates the plight of narrator Eli Bell and his mute but clairvoyant brother, August, who live with their heroin-addicted mother and her drug dealer boyfriend Lyle in Darra, a suburb of Brisbane, Australia. A big influence on Eli's life is Slim Halliday, the Houdini of Boggo Road, an ex-convict who takes care of both boys. In an intense confrontation ...Log In or Sign Up to Read More