| Main centres: | 1-3 business days |
| Regional areas: | 3-4 business days |
| Remote areas: | 3-5 business days |
The place is Ceylon, the time the 1930s. Set amid tea plantations and jungle, decay, corruption and the backwash of empire.
Sam Obeysekere - 'obey' by name and nature - is a Ceylonese lawyer, a perfect product of empire. His family once had wealth and influence, but starts to crack open as political change comes to the island, and Sam's glamorous father dies leaving gambling debts. But the Obeysekeres' troubles reach back into the past, when a baby is found dead in his cot. And at the heart of the novel is the Hamilton Case, a murder scandal that shakes the upper echelons of island society. Sam's involvement in it makes his name, but sets his life on course for disappointment.
Soft cover, good condition. The cover shows minor signs of wear.
