The Resource The Hamilton case, Michelle de Kretser
The Hamilton case, Michelle de Kretser
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- Summary
- When a murder scandal shakes the upper echelons of a 1930s Ceylon island society, a Ceylonese lawyer's involvement in it makes his name but sets his life on course for disappointment
- Language
- eng
- Edition
- 1st Back Bay paperback ed.
- Extent
- 304 pages
- Note
- Originally published: Australia: Knopf. Great Britain: Chatto & Windus, c2003
- Isbn
- 9780316010818
- Label
- The Hamilton case
- Title
- The Hamilton case
- Statement of responsibility
- Michelle de Kretser
- Subject
-
- trueColombo, Sri Lanka
- trueColonialism -- Sri Lanka
- trueDeath
- Domestic fiction
- trueDysfunctional families
- Dysfunctional families -- Fiction
- trueElite (Social sciences)
- trueFailure (Psychology)
- Failure (Psychology) ‡vFiction. -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHusband and wife
- trueLawyers
- Legal fiction (Literature)
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction
- trueMothers and sons
- Mothers and sons -- Fiction
- trueMurder
- Psychological fiction
- truePublic prosecutors
- trueScandals
- Scandals -- Fiction
- trueTrials (Murder)
- Trials (Murder) -- Fiction
- true1930s -- 1930 -- 1939
- trueAmbition in men
- trueAustralian fiction
- trueBritish in Sri Lanka
- Colombo (Sri Lanka) -- Fiction
- Language
- eng
- Summary
- When a murder scandal shakes the upper echelons of a 1930s Ceylon island society, a Ceylonese lawyer's involvement in it makes his name but sets his life on course for disappointment
- Summary
- His career guided by British culture and his Oxford education, Ceylon lawyer Sam Obeysekere tackles a scandal-ridden murder trial, mistakenly convinced that his reputation will shield him from the social unrest that the case has exposed
- Award
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- Commonwealth Writers' Prize, South East Asia and South Pacific: Best Book, 2004.
- Tasmania Pacific Region Prize for Fiction, 2005.
- New York Times Notable Book, 2004
- http://library.link/vocab/ext/novelist/bookUI
- 123435
- Cataloging source
- DLC
- http://library.link/vocab/creatorName
- De Kretser, Michelle
- Dewey number
- 823.914
- Index
- no index present
- Literary form
- fiction
- http://library.link/vocab/resourcePreferred
- True
- http://library.link/vocab/subjectName
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- Failure (Psychology) ‡vFiction.
- Loss (Psychology)
- Mothers and sons
- Dysfunctional families
- Trials (Murder)
- Scandals
- Colombo (Sri Lanka)
- Target audience
- adult
- Label
- The Hamilton case, Michelle de Kretser
- Note
- Originally published: Australia: Knopf. Great Britain: Chatto & Windus, c2003
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 6021992
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st Back Bay paperback ed.
- Extent
- 304 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316010818
- Lccn
- 2003060759
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
- Label
- The Hamilton case, Michelle de Kretser
- Note
- Originally published: Australia: Knopf. Great Britain: Chatto & Windus, c2003
- Carrier category
- volume
- Carrier category code
- nc
- Carrier MARC source
- rdacarrier
- Content category
- text
- Content type code
- txt
- Content type MARC source
- rdacontent
- Control code
- 6021992
- Dimensions
- 21 cm
- Edition
- 1st Back Bay paperback ed.
- Extent
- 304 pages
- Isbn
- 9780316010818
- Lccn
- 2003060759
- Media category
- unmediated
- Media MARC source
- rdamedia
- Media type code
- n
Subject
- trueColombo, Sri Lanka
- trueColonialism -- Sri Lanka
- trueDeath
- Domestic fiction
- trueDysfunctional families
- Dysfunctional families -- Fiction
- trueElite (Social sciences)
- trueFailure (Psychology)
- Failure (Psychology) ‡vFiction. -- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
- trueHusband and wife
- trueLawyers
- Legal fiction (Literature)
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueLoss (Psychology)
- Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction
- trueMothers and sons
- Mothers and sons -- Fiction
- trueMurder
- Psychological fiction
- truePublic prosecutors
- trueScandals
- Scandals -- Fiction
- trueTrials (Murder)
- Trials (Murder) -- Fiction
- true1930s -- 1930 -- 1939
- trueAmbition in men
- trueAustralian fiction
- trueBritish in Sri Lanka
- Colombo (Sri Lanka) -- Fiction
Genre
- Legal fiction (Literature)
- truePsychological fiction
- trueLiterary fiction
- trueAustralian fiction
- trueDomestic fiction
- Fiction
- trueHistorical fiction
Included in
- trueCommonwealth Writers' Prize: Best Book: Regional Award: South East Asia & Pacific
- trueNew York Times Notable Books - Fiction and Poetry: 2004
- trueTasmania Pacific Region Prize for Fiction (2001-2005)
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