The Luminaries

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The astonishing and epic novel that won the 2013 Man Booker Prize
Winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize

It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes. A wealthy man has vanished, a whore 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 patterned as the night sky.

'The Luminaries' is an extraordinary piece of fiction. It is full of narrative, linguistic and psychological pleasures, and has a fiendishly clever and original structuring device. Written in pitch-perfect historical register, richly evoking a mid-19th century world of shipping and banking and goldrush boom and bust, it is also a ghost story, and a gripping mystery. It is a thrilling achievement and will confirm for critics and readers that Catton is one of the brightest stars in the international writing firmament.
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Weight 0.578000
Author Catton, Eleanor
Availability IP
Department Literature
Format Paperback
ISBN 9781847084323
Pages 848
Published 03/04/2014
Publisher Granta Books
Section Literature
Size Unfolded 13x20cm
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