The Hamilton case

By Michelle De Kretser

Subjects: Sri lanka, fiction, Fiction, legal, Dysfunctional families, Failure (Psychology), Fiction, mystery & detective, general, Mothers and sons, Trials (Murder), Fiction, Mothers and sons, fiction, Scandals, Fiction, psychological, Loss (Psychology)

Description: Set in the 1930s in Ceylon, this novel reflects the decay, corruption and last days of an empire and a world at the end of its tether. The story concerns a murder scandal that shakes the upper echelons of Ceylon "society" and those who once had wealth and influence.