The Lost Dog A Novel [Paperback]

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. Although Nelly helps him search for his beloved pet, Tom isn't sure if he should trust this new friend.

Tom has preoccupations other than his book and Nelly and his missing dog, mainly concerning his mother, who is suffering from the various indignities of old age. He is constantly drawn from the cerebral to the primitive--by his mother's infirmities, as well as by Nelly's attractions. THE LOST DOG makes brilliant use of the conventions of suspense and atmosphere while leading us to see anew the ever-present conflicts between our bodies and our minds, the present and the past, the primal and the civilized.Michelle de Kretser is a Sri Lankan who has lived inAustraliasince 1972. Her previous book,The Hamilton Case,received the Commonwealth Writers Prize (SE Asiaand Pacific) and the Society of Authors' (U.K.) Encore Award for best second novel of the year. It was also first runner-up 2004 for Barnes & Noble's Discover Award in Fiction and aNew York TimesNotable Book. THE LOST DOGis her third novel. Multilayered and beguiling....The Hamilton
Casedoes enchant, certainly, but--more
important--the book admirably and resolutely
sees the world as it really is.
William Boyd,New York Times Book Review Hypnotic, lush and calmly observant. Chris Lehmann,Washington Post Book World Comic, tragic, haunting, hallucinatory and
elusive, but vivid and exact, this is a brilliant
book by a brilliant writer.
Karen Joy Fowler (author of The Jane Austen Book Club )MichellelÓÎ