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Issue Details: First known date: 2012... 2012 Running Dogs
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'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.' (From the publisher's website.)

Notes

  • Dedication: For my mother, Kirsty Murray, who taught me the importance of stories.
  • Epigraph:
    The epigraph comprises four stanzas from Prelambang Jayabaya (an ancient Javanese prophecy). The epigraph begins: 'One day shall come a cart without a horse'.

Publication Details of Only Known VersionEarliest 2 Known Versions of

    • Brunswick, Brunswick - Coburg area, Melbourne - North, Melbourne, Victoria,: Scribe , 2012 .
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      Extent: 276p.
      Note/s:
      • Publication date: 26 April 2012.
      ISBN: 9781921844706 (pbk.)

Works about this Work

The Best Young Australian Novelists Marc McEvoy , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 May 2013; (p. 28-29)
'In a strong year for emerging writers, The Sydney Morning Herald shines a spotlight on six winners with extraordinary stories, writer Marc McEvoy.'
[Review] Running Dogs Michael McGuire , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Advertiser , 2 June 2012; (p. 20)

— Review of Running Dogs Ruby Murray , 2012 single work novel
Obsession Leads to Adventure in Java James Robertson , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 16-17 June 2012; (p. 33)

— Review of Running Dogs Ruby Murray , 2012 single work novel
New Australian Fiction Ed Wright , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Weekend Australian , 9-10 June 2012; (p. 23)

— Review of The Boy Who Fell to Earth Kathy Lette , 2012 single work novel ; Running Dogs Ruby Murray , 2012 single work novel ; القاهرة باريس ملبورن : رواية Maher Abou Elsaoud , 2005 single work novel
Off the Shelf : Fiction Dianne Dempsey , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Saturday Age , 2 June 2012; (p. 34)

— Review of Running Dogs Ruby Murray , 2012 single work novel
Untitled Portia Lindsay , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Bookseller + Publisher Magazine , February/March vol. 91 no. 7 2012; (p. 31)

— Review of Running Dogs Ruby Murray , 2012 single work novel
Conflicts of Interest Ian McFarlane , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Canberra Times , 28 April 2012; (p. 25)

— Review of Running Dogs Ruby Murray , 2012 single work novel
Fiction John Bailey , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Sunday Age , 29 April 2012; (p. 15) The Sun-Herald , 29 April 2012; (p. 19)

— Review of Running Dogs Ruby Murray , 2012 single work novel
Across Space Christine Piper , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: Australian Book Review , May no. 341 2012; (p. 26)

— Review of Running Dogs Ruby Murray , 2012 single work novel
Writer by Rite Fran Metcalf , 2012 single work review
— Appears in: The Courier-Mail , 26 - 27 May 2012; (p. 20)

— Review of Running Dogs Ruby Murray , 2012 single work novel
The Best Young Australian Novelists Marc McEvoy , 2013 single work column
— Appears in: The Sydney Morning Herald , 25-26 May 2013; (p. 28-29)
'In a strong year for emerging writers, The Sydney Morning Herald shines a spotlight on six winners with extraordinary stories, writer Marc McEvoy.'
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