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More copies of this ISBN:The Hamilton Caseby Michelle De Kretser
Synopses & ReviewsPublisher Comments:Having come of age on the island nation of Ceylon, Sam Obeysekere is a lawyer whose life is guided by the British culture that dominates his homeland. Educated at Oxford, with a dazzling career in his sights, Sam is more English than the English. Only his flamboyant, unruly mother, exiled to a jungle estate, reminds him of his family's real heritage and a different set of home truths. Sam's undoing arrives in the form of the Hamilton case, a scandalous murder that shakes the upper echelons of island society. Guided by grandiose visions of Sherlock Holmes, he becomes convinced he can solve the mysterious case — and that his good standing with the English will insulate him from the unrest the case has exposed. In the end, Sam grapples with a life that has been "a series of substitutions," the darkest of human misfortunes. Michelle de Kretser has created in Sam "Obey" a tragic character of the highest order, who struggles with his own identity — and the tension of family secrets — against a backdrop of profound social change. Among de Kretser's considerable gifts is her ability to balance the gravest material with great passion and wit. The Hamilton Case is not a somber novel, but it is surely an important one. Review:"This novel — which also beautifully renders the sensuality of Ceylon — is a very artful and evocative plea for interpretation over explanation, for complication over simplification....the Hamilton Case does enchant, certainly, but — more important — the book admirably and resolutely sees the world as it really is." The New York Times Book Review Review:"De Kretser's fine, brooding, mischievous style is sure to captivate fans of serious literary fiction." Publishers Weekly Review:"Masterpiece of a mystery....De Kretser's prose is stunning...evoking the glittering excesses of colonial life...and the tropical fecundity of Ceylon with equally irresistible power." Time Magazine Review:"A bewitching novel....An utterly captivating blend of intellectual muscle and storytelling magic." Boyd Tonkin, Independent Review:"Every so often there comes a novel for adults that combines a fastidious literary sensibility with that intense, urgent childhood readability, and then the result is as magical as the old childish enchantments....The Hamilton Case is a novel so delicious that you have to keep stopping as you read, for fear of finishing too soon." Jane Shilling, Telegraph Synopsis:Lawyer Sam Obeysekere's involvement in murder case that shakes the upper echelons of an island society makes a name for him, but sets his life on course for disappointment.
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