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Tom Loxley, an Indian-Australian professor, is less concerned with finishing his book on Henry James than with finding his dog, who is lost in the Australian bush. Joining his daily hunt is Nelly Zhang, an artist whose husband disappeared mysteriously years before Tom met her.
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Contemporary, grave, prestige and classical in form.
- contemporarynostalgic
- gravecomic
- unpretentiousprestige
- classical in formformally daring
- intimateepic
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About the book
- Author
- Michelle De Kretser
- First published
- 2007
- Pages
- 326
- Publisher
- Allen & Unwin, Little, Brown and Company, Allen & Unwin Pty Ltd
- Editions
- 5
- Language
- English
- ISBN
- 9780316032001
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