The Hamilton Case: A Novel - Softcover

De Kretser, Michelle

Softcover

ISBN 10: 0316010812 ISBN 13: 9780316010818

Publisher: Back Bay Books, 2005

Synopsis

A flamboyant beauty who once partied with the Prince of Wales and who now, in her seventh decade, has "gone native" in a Ceylonese jungle. A proud, Oxford-educated lawyer who unwittingly seals his own professional fate when he dares to solve the sensational Hamilton murder case that has rocked the upper echelons of local society. A young woman who retreats from her family and the world after her infant brother is found suffocated in his crib. These are among the linked lives compellingly portrayed in a novel everywhere hailed for its dazzling grace and savage wit - a spellbinding tale of family and duty, of legacy and identity, a novel that brilliantly probes the ultimate mystery of what makes us who we are.

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Review:

""Elegant, seductive.... DeKrester has pulled off something remarkable."

From the Publisher:

An assured, breathtakingly good novel, set in pre-war Ceylon, by the author of The Rose Grower, that confirms her as a writer of real talent and originality.

About this edition

• Publisher: Back Bay Books
• Publication date: 2005
• ISBN 10: 0316010812
• ISBN 13: 9780316010818
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 304