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The Hamilton Case: Text Classics

By Michelle de Kretser
Series: Text Classics
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A name is the first story that attaches itself to a life. Consider mine: Stanley Alban Marriott Obeysekere. It tells of geography, history, love and uncertainty. I was born on an island suspended midway on the golden trade route between East and West… Ceylon in the... Read More
Format: Paperback / softback
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One of Australia’s most awarded and acclaimed novelists published in the Text Classics for the first time.

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A name is the first story that attaches itself to a life. Consider mine: Stanley Alban Marriott Obeysekere. It tells of geography, history, love and uncertainty. I was born on an island suspended midway on the golden trade route between East and West…

Ceylon in the 1930s is a crumbling outpost of empire hemmed in by jungle and tea plantations. At the heart of Michelle de Kretser’s dazzling and savage novel is a murder scandal in which Stanley, an Oxford-educated lawyer, becomes entangled. The Hamilton Case traces the unravelling of family and duty, legacy and identity, in a world of lost possibilities.

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INFORMATION

ISBN: 9781923058903

Publisher: Text Publishing

Format: Paperback / softback

Date Published: 30 June 2026

Country: Australia

Imprint: The Text Publishing Company

Contributors:

  • Introduction by Damon Galgut

Audience: General / adult

DIMENSIONS

Weight: 250g

Pages: 368

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Fiction General Fiction Historical Fiction Literary Fiction Michelle de Kretser Penguin Books Pre-orders Pre-orders by Release Date Series: Text Classics

About the Author

Michelle de Kretser was born in Sri Lanka. She lives in Warrane/Sydney on unceded Gadigal land. An honorary associate of the English Department at the University of Sydney, she has won several awards for her fiction. Theory & Practice is Michelle's most recent novel.

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