num_pages: 302
description: Piecing together the puzzle of exiled artist, Lang Tzu, last of a wealthy Chinese lineage, writer Steven Muir finds himself caught in the strange and haunted landscape. Both know the solitude of the only child and the poignancy of the relationship with parents, but beneath is a twisted past.
language: English
title: The Ancestor Game
titlecomplete: The Ancestor Game (A Penguin Original)
genres: Literary Fiction, Fiction, Australia, 20th Century, Novels
ratings_count: 153
awards: awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Miles Franklin Literary Award, awardedAt: 725875200000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book Overall
publisher: Penguin Books Australia