The Hamilton case
By: Michelle de Kretser.
Edition: 1st American ed.
Publisher: Little, Brown and Co.
Published: 2004
Place of publication: New York
Language: eng
Number of pages: 307
Subjects: Failure (Psychology) -- Fiction; Loss (Psychology) -- Fiction; Mothers and sons -- Fiction; Problem families -- Fiction; Trials (Murder) -- Fiction; Scandals -- Fiction; Colombo (Sri Lanka) -- Fiction
Genres: Fiction.
Description: His career guided by British culture and his Oxford education, Ceylon lawyer Sam Obeysekere tackles a scandal-ridden murder trial, mistakenly convinced that his reputation will shield him from the social unrest that the case has exposed.