The Luminaries
of Eleanor Catton
Description
Librarian's note: An alternate cover edition can be found hereIt is 1866, and young Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On the stormy night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men who have met in secret to discuss a series of unexplained events: A wealthy man has vanished, a prostitute has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely ornate as the night sky. Richly evoking a mid-nineteenth-century world of shipping, banking, and gold rush boom and bust, The Luminaries is a brilliantly constructed, fiendishly clever ghost story and a gripping page-turner.
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Book Details
- Format Hardcover
- Pages 848 pages
- Publisher Little, Brown and Company
- Publication Date October 15th 2013
- First Publication 08/24/13
- Language English
- ISBN 9780316074315
- Edition Not informed
- Category Fiction
- Scenario ['New Zealand']
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