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The Hamilton Case
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Artikel-Nr:
9781448138395
Veröffentl:
2012
Einband:
EPUB
Seiten:
304
Autor:
Michelle de Kretser
eBook Typ:
EPUB
eBook Format:
EPUB
Kopierschutz:
Adobe DRM [Hard-DRM]
Sprache:
Deutsch
Beschreibung:
Michelle de Kretser wurde 1957 in Colombo, Sri Lanka, geboren. Ihre Familie emigrierte nach Australien, als sie vierzehn war. Sie studierte Literaturwissenschaft in Melbourne und Paris und arbeitete mehrere Jahre als Lektorin. Die Autorin lebt zurzeit in Melbourne
The place is Ceylon, the time the 1930s. Set amid tea plantations, corruption and the backwash of empire, this is a world teetering on the edge of chaos. Sam Obeysekere is a Ceylonese lawyer, a perfect product of empire. His family, which once had wealth and influence, starts to crack open as political change comes to the island, and Sam''s glamorous father dies leaving gambling debts. At the heart of the novel is the Hamilton case, a murder scandal that shakes the upper echelons of island society; Sam''s involvement in it makes his name but sets his life on course of disappointment.
The place is Ceylon, the time the 1930s. Set amid tea plantations, corruption and the backwash of empire, this is a world teetering on the edge of chaos. Sam Obeysekere is a Ceylonese lawyer, a perfect product of empire. His family, which once had wealth and influence, starts to crack open as political change comes to the island, and Sam''s glamorous father dies leaving gambling debts. At the heart of the novel is the Hamilton case, a murder scandal that shakes the upper echelons of island society; Sam''s involvement in it makes his name but sets his life on course of disappointment.