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Laura Fraser grows up in Sydney, motherless, with a cold, professional father and an artistic bent. Ravi Mendis lives on the other side of the world--exploring the seductive new world of the internet, his father dead, his mother struggling to get by. Their stories alternate throughout Michelle de Kretser's ravishing new novel, culminating in unlikely fates for them both, destinies influenced by travel--voluntary in her case, enforced in his.With money from an inheritance, Laura sets off to see the world, returning to Sydney to work for a publisher of a travel guides. There she meets Ravi, now a Sri Lankan political exile who wants only to see a bit of Australia and make a living. Where do these two disparate characters, and an enthralling array of others, truly belong? With her trademark subtlety, wit, and dazzling prose, Michelle de Kretser shows us that, in the 21st century, they belong wherever they want to and can be--home or away.ReviewPRAISE FOR THE HAMILTON CASE (2004)"Multi-layered and beguiling." (New York Times Book Review William Boyd)"De Kretser has pulled off something remarkable" (Salon Laura Miller)"An utterly captivating blend of intellectual muscle and story-tellin

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Author

Michelle de Kretser

Publisher

Little, Brown and Company

Published

2012

Language

EN

ISBN

9780316219242

Category

work of fiction

Subjects

Fiction, Literary Fiction, Travel

Rating

3.09 / 5 (1,697 ratings)

Updated

2026-03-13