Past Event

Book Launch: Running Dogs by Ruby J. Murray

10th May 2012

Presenter: Scribe Publishing
Website: http://www.scribepublications.com.au/
Event Duration: 120 minutes

Join us as Sophie Cunningham launches Ruby J. Murray's debut novel, Running Dogs.

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.

About the Author:

Ruby J. Murray was born in Melbourne. She was educated at Princes Hill Secondary College, Melbourne University, La Sorbonne, ANU, and in Jakarta’s 40,000 taxis. Ruby has a background in environmental politics and writes regularly for Australian magazines, newspapers, journals and anthologies. Running Dogs is her first novel.