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Item Details
Title:
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THE LOST DOG
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By: |
Michelle de Kretser |
Format: |
Electronic book text |
List price:
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£8.99 |
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ISBN 10: |
1448138434 |
ISBN 13: |
9781448138432 |
Publisher: |
VINTAGE PUBLISHING |
Pub. date: |
1 May, 2012 |
Pages: |
304 |
Description: |
Tom Loxley is holed up in a remote cottage in the bush, trying to finish a book on Henry James and the Uncanny when his dog goes missing, trailing a length of orange twine, tied with firm knots. Tom's lonely childhood in India taught him to tie knots but not to hold on... |
Synopsis: |
Tom Loxley is holed up in a cottage in the bush, trying to finish his book on Henry James, when his dog goes missing, trailing a length of orange twine. As Tom searches it becomes clear that he needs to unravel other puzzles in his life and the story shifts between past and present, taking in his parents' mixed-race marriage in India, their arrival in Australia in the 1970s, Tom's own failed marriage, and his current involvement with Nelly Zhang, an artist with her own secrets and mysteries.Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008. |
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UK |
Imprint: |
Vintage Digital |
Returns: |
Non-returnable |
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