Publication Date: October 1, 2025
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.
Noah Cork should be celebrating the publication of a true crime book instead of watching reality try to slip away.
Author Trent Dalton serves up an intriguing story in Gravity Let Me Go. Set in Australia, the storyline uses witty banter to showcase an excellent example of literary fiction.
At the center is a man who documents a murder story courtesy of a random tip, but his world is decidedly off-kilter. Although the writing is incredibly smart, it does require the reader to pay attention, or something will be missed.
Worries about talking skeletons and the impact of missed health appointments, combined with a non-talking wife and a storm to generate ample twists.
Gravity Let Me Go provides a deeply personal exploration into a man’s life and the things he holds dear.
Trent Dalton is an award-winning journalist at The Weekend Australian Magazine. His writing includes several short and feature-length film screenplays. He was nominated for a 2010 AFI Best Short Fiction screenplay award for his latest film, Glenn Owen Dodds, which also won the prestigious International Prix Canal award at the world’s largest short film festival, the Clermont-Ferrand International Short Film Festival. Dalton’s debut feature film screenplay, In the Silence, is currently in production.
