The Lost Dog
Written by Michelle de Kretser
- Longlisted
- The Man Booker Prize 2008
- Published by Chatto & Windus
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As a man searches for his missing dog in the Australian bush, it becomes clear that he, too, is lost, in Michelle de Kretser’s rich and subtle tale
Tom Loxley is holed up in a cottage in the bush, trying to finish his book on Henry James, when his dog goes missing. As Tom searches, it becomes apparent that he needs to unravel other puzzles in his life. The story shifts between past and present, taking in his parents’ mixed-race marriage in India, their arrival in Australia in the 1970s, Tom’s own failed marriage, and his current involvement with Nelly, an artist with her own secrets and mysteries.
Michelle de Kretser
Given that Michelle de Kretser was born in Sri Lanka, moved to Australia as a teenager and finished her education in Paris, it is no surprise that she was an editor for the Lonely Planet guides
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