Growing up, there was a monster in Trent Dalton’s life. Tackling a limb each of the man abusing their mother, the four Dalton boys restrained him until police arrived. Domestic violence ...

But growing up in Ipswich in the early 80s, with his mum and step-father both jailed for drug dealing at various times, Trent ... Dalton describes domestic violence as the "Tyrannosaurus Waltz ...

Trent Dalton ... His Tyrannosaurus-headed man makes you think of the Minotaur, that pitiless symbol of berserk rage and brute power. But we must never forget that Dalton’s women are not ...