Running Dogs
Overview
Jakarta, 1997, and the city is on the verge of a revolution.
Even the Jordan children — Petra, Isaak and Paul — can feel it coming, shaking the edges of their privileged, protected expat world.
Years later, Diana, an Australian development worker, moves to Jakarta and becomes entwined in the powerful Jordans’ adult lives. As the monsoon descends, and the Jordans begin to fall apart, Diana sinks into the half-light of their past, where rumour and religion define the contours of the real, and the rules of the game change according to who is playing.
Set in a global city of poverty, beauty, corruption and extreme wealth, Running Dogs is a novel about power and responsibility; about the stories we tell ourselves in order to survive, and the damage they can do.
Details
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- Paperback
- 210mm x 135mm
- 288 pages
- 9781921844706
- AUD$29.99
- 26 April 2012
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Awards
- 2013 The Sydney Morning Herald Best Young Australian Novelist
- Shortlisted for the 2013 UTS Glenda Adams Award for New Writing in the NSW Premier’s Literary Awards
- Longlisted for the 2013 Davitt Award
Praise
'[An] impressive debut novel … The prose, slick and economical, moves snappily throughout … Running Dogs is an enthralling and highly enjoyable novel that presents a convincing argument against ignorance and apathy.'
'Lyrical descriptions clash with harsh imagery to evoke a world of extreme privilege set among that of poverty, fear and political upheaval, where privilege and wealth are not enough protection from familial secrets and shame. Running Dogs is a powerful and nuanced debut novel.' [Four Stars]
About the Author
Ruby J. Murray was born in Melbourne. She was educated at Princes Hill Secondary College, the University of Melbourne, La Sorbonne, the Australian National University, and in Jakarta’s 40,000 taxis. She has a background in environmental politics and writes regularly for Australian magazines, newspapers, journals and anthologies. Running Dogs is her first novel.
