The Hamilton Case: Text Classics
by Michelle De Kretser & Damon Galgut (introduction by)
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Pages:
368
Published:
Jun 2026
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Text Publishing Company
ISBN:
9781923058903
A name is the first story that attaches itself to a life. Consider mine- Stanley Alban Marriott Obeysekere. It tells of geography, history, love and uncertainty. I was born on an island suspended midway on the golden trade route between East and West...
Ceylon in the 1930s is a crumbling outpost of empire hemmed in by jungle and tea plantations. At the heart of Michelle de Kretser's dazzling and savage novel is a murder scandal in which Stanley, an Oxford-educated lawyer, becomes entangled. The Hamilton Case traces the unravelling of family and duty, legacy and identity, in a world of lost possibilities.
''That rare treasure, a perfect novel.' Time
Ceylon in the 1930s is a crumbling outpost of empire hemmed in by jungle and tea plantations. At the heart of Michelle de Kretser's dazzling and savage novel is a murder scandal in which Stanley, an Oxford-educated lawyer, becomes entangled. The Hamilton Case traces the unravelling of family and duty, legacy and identity, in a world of lost possibilities.
''That rare treasure, a perfect novel.' Time
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