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As a man searches for his missing dog in the Australian bush, it becomes clear that he, too, is lost, in Michelle de Kretser’s rich and subtle tale.Tom Loxley is holed up in a cottage in the bush, trying to finish his book on Henry James, when his dog goes missing. As Tom searches, it becomes apparent that he needs to unravel other puzzles in his life. 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, an artist with her own secrets and mysteries."Part love letter, part tribute to the power of never giving up hope, Lost Dog is not simply for those who like dogs. It's a mature piece of writing that never falters... It hits you right in the heart." - Literary Review"Anxieties about a pet gone missing in the Australian bush spark a cerebral, enigmatic reflection on cultures and identity... Ruminative and roving in forms, an intense, immaculate, somewhat abstract novel." - Kirkus ReviewsMichelle de Kretser is an Australian novelist who was born in Sri Lanka but moved to Australia when she was 14. She was educated in Melbourne and Paris and published her first novel, 'The Rose Grower' in 1999. Her second novel, published in 2003, 'The Hamilton Case' was the winner of the Tasmania Pacific Prize, the Encore Award (UK) and the Commonwealth Writers Prize (Southeast Asia and Pacific). 'The Lost Dog' was published in 2007. '...the best novel I have read for a long time.'- A.S. Byatt, Financial Times Long-listed for the Man Book Prize and published to wide acclaim, The Lost Dog is a moving, funny and beautiful contemporary Australian novel filled with luminous writing and startlingly wise observations.Tom Loxley is holed up in a remote bush shack trying to finish his book on Henry James when his beloved dog goes missing. What follows is a triumph of storytelling, as The Lost Dog loops back and forth in time to take the reader on a spellbinding journey into worlds far removed from the present tragedy.Set in present-day Australia and mid-twentieth century India, here is a haunting, layered work that brilliantly counterpoints new cityscapes and their inhabitants with the untamed, ancient continent beyond. With its atmosphere of menace and an acute sense of the unexplained in any story, it illuminates the collision of the wild and the civilised, modernity and the past, home and exile.The Lost Dog is a mystery and a love story, an exploration of art and nature, a meditation on ageing and the passage of time. It is a book of wonders: a gripping contemporary novel which examines the weight of history as well as different ways of understanding the world. Tom Loxley is holed up in a remote bush shack trying to finish his book on Henry James when his beloved dog goes missing. - The story loops back and forth in time on a spellbinding journey