The cover of All Our Shimmering Skies is crammed with surprises. Look closely among the Australian wildflowers and you’ll find black hearts, butterflies, lightning bolts, a shovel, a crocodile, a dingo, a fruit bat, a Japanese fighter plane, and a red rising sun.
Trent Dalton has adopted a similar method in writing his second novel, which samples almost every genre you can think of, from war st ... (read more)