The Lost Dog

The Lost Dog

First edition
Author	Michelle de Kretser
Cover artist	Ampersand Duck[1]
Country	Australia
Language	English
Publisher	Allen & Unwin, Australia
Publication date	2007
Media type	Print (Hardback & Paperback)
Pages	345 pp
ISBN	978-1-74175-339-4
OCLC	177704074
Dewey Decimal	823/.92 22
LC Class	PR9619.4.D4 L67 2007
Preceded by	The Hamilton Case

The Lost Dog is a 2007 novel by Australian writer Michelle de Kretser.

Plot

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.

Awards

• Commonwealth Writers Prize, South East Asia and South Pacific Region, Best Book, 2008: shortlisted
• Barbara Jefferis Award, 2008: shortlisted
• New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Christina Stead Prize for Fiction, 2008: winner
• New South Wales Premier's Literary Awards, Book of the Year, 2008: winner
• Australian Literature Society Gold Medal, 2008: winner
• Man Booker Prize, 2008: longlisted
• Victorian Premier's Literary Award, Vance Palmer Prize for Fiction, 2008: shortlisted
• Australia-Asia Literary Award, 2008: longlisted^[2]

Reviews

• "The Courier-Mail"
• "The Financial Times"
• "The New Statesman"
• "The New York Times"
• "The Observer"
• "The Telegraph" 1
• "The Telegraph" 2
• "The Washington Post"

Interviews

• Robert Dessaix on ABC Radio National's The Book Show from November 2007.
• Fiona Gruber interview in The Sydney Morning Herald from November 2007.
• Rosemary Neill interview in The Australian from March 2008.
• In conversation with Gail Jones at the 2008 Sydney Writers' Festival in May 2008.

References

1. http://ampersandduck.blogspot.com/2007/11/covering-story.html
2. Australia-Asia Literary Award 2008