Lost dog. Michelle De Kretser. 2008.

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.

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…..