A debut novel that was longlisted for the 2008 Booker Prize. Tom Loxley isholed up in the bush trying to finish a book on Henry James and locate hiserrant dog. ... » 

A debut novel that was longlisted for the 2008 Booker Prize. Tom Loxley isholed up in the bush trying to finish a book on Henry James and locate hiserrant dog. A chance encounter with a neighbouring artist takes Tom on ajourney that spans 1950s India and the contemporary Australian art scene.Whatever the linguistic equivalent of perfect pitch may be she has it.Sunday Telegraph. «