num_pages: 320
description: A flamboyant beauty who once partied with the Prince of Wales and who now, in her seventh decade, has "gone native" in a Ceylonese jungle. A proud, Oxford-educated lawyer who unwittingly seals his own professional fate when he dares to solve the sensational Hamilton murder case that has rocked the upper echelons of local society. A young woman who retreats from her family and the world after her infant brother is found suffocated in his crib. These are among the linked lives compellingly portrayed in a novel everywhere hailed for its dazzling grace and savage wit - a spellbinding tale of family and duty, of legacy and identity, a novel that brilliantly probes the ultimate mystery of what makes us who we are.
language: English
title: The Hamilton Case
titlecomplete: The Hamilton Case
genres: Australia, Historical, Mystery, Asia, Female Authors, Novels, Historical Fiction, Literature, Literary Fiction, Fiction
ratings_count: 830
awards: awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: Commonwealth Writers' Prize
category: Best Book in South East Asia and Pacific, awardedAt: 1072944000000
name: RSL Encore Award
publisher: Back Bay Books