The Lost Dog

Tom Loxley is holed up in a cottage in the bush, trying to finish his book on Henry James, when his dog goes missing, trailing a length of orange twine. As Tom searches it becomes clear that he needs to unravel other puzzles in his life and 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 Zhang, an artist with her own secrets and mysteries. Longlisted for the Man Booker Prize 2008.

Michelle De Kretser

Vintage Books

The Rose Grower

Chatto&Windus

Literature & Fiction

Contemporary

Love affairs on the road, passionate holiday romances, erotic encounters, lovers who meet only to part… A tourist in Peru falls for her handsome guide; backpackers check out who's on offer in the nightclubs of Prague; a couple trawl for adventure in a Mexican bathhouse; a beautiful Italian proposes marriage to the foreigner he's just met... Twenty seductive stories - for everyone who has dreamt of escape with that perfect stranger.

Brief Encounters: stories of love, sex & travel

Short Stories & Anthologies

Lonely Planet

The Hamilton Case

Mystery, Thriller & Suspense

Mystery

KNOPF

THE LOST DOG: A novel.

Literary

New York: Little, Brown, 2008

Questions of Travel

Allen& Unwin

Laura travels the world before returning to Sydney, where she works for a publisher of travel guides. Ravi dreams of being a tourist until he is driven from Sri Lanka by devastating events. An enthralling array of people, places and stories surround these superbly drawn characters - from Theo, whose life plays out in the long shadow of the past, to Hana, an Ethiopian woman determined to reinvent herself. Michelle de Kretser illuminates travel, work and modern dreams in this brilliant evocation of the way we live now. Questions of Travel is infused with wit, imagination, uncanny common sense and a deep understanding of what makes us tick.

Allen & Unwin Academic

Prime Minister's 2013 Literary Award WinnerMiles Franklin Literary Award Winner 2013

The Life to Come

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