The Hamilton Case [electronic resource]
Michelle de Kretser2012
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A haunting and acclaimed novel of thwarted ambition, corruption, murder and
family secrets by the author of the acclaimed bestseller The Rose Grower .
Murder, moonlight, the jungle crowding close...
The place is Ceylon, the time the 1930s. Set amid tea plantations, decay and
corruption, this sinuous, subtle, surprising novel is a masterly evocation of
time and place, of colonialism and the backwash of empire. It is the story of an
embittered Ceylonese lawyer, Sam Obeysekere himself a product of empire - 'obey'
by name and by nature - and of a family that once had wealth and influence but
starts to crack open when Sam's charismatic father dies leaving gambling debts,
an ex-beauty of a wife, an unstable daughter and an inadequate son.
But the writing has been on the wall for a generation, ever since another
sibling died in his cot. And at the heart of the novel is the Hamilton Case, a
'White Mischief' murder scandal that shakes the upper echelons of the island's
societ...
Main title:
The Hamilton Case [electronic resource] / Michelle de Kretser
Author:
Michelle de Kretser, Author
Imprint:
Sydney : Random House Australia, 2012
Collation:
1 online resource (1 text file) (384 pages)
Audience:
General/trade
System details:
Platform: epubMode of access: Internet
ISBN:
9781742749433
Language:
English
Subject:
BRN:
434794
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| Online | Online resource (Member logon) | indyreads - eBook |