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The Hamilton case
By De Kretser, Michelle
- ISBN
- 978-0-31673-548-3
- Publisher
- New York : Little, Brown and Co., 2004.
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Library Journal
Reviewed on March 15, 2004
At the heart of de Kretser's dark and twisted second novel (after The Rose Grower) is a murder trial, with which Oxford-educated lawyer Sam Obeysekere hopes to make his career. Born into the moneyed class of colonial Ceylon, he is continually thwarted in his ambitions to be accepted by the ruling British. Then Hamilton, an English coffee grower, is found murdered, and as the appointed prosecutor Sam believe...Log In or Sign Up to Read More
