Eleanor Catton
The Luminaries
The Luminaries
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The Luminaries is a 2013 novel by Eleanor Catton that won the Booker Prize. It is a breathtakingly ambitious mystery set in New Zealand's gold rush in 1866, and follows the lives of twelve local men who are drawn into a network of fates and fortunes. The novel is a ghost story and a gripping mystery, and is considered a pastiche of the Victorian sensation novel.
Format: Paperback / softback
Length: 848 pages
Publication date: 17 August 2023
Publisher: Granta Publications Ltd
WINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE'A breathtakingly ambitious mystery ... as beautiful as it is triumphant.' Daily MailAn astonishing, epic story of promise, deceit and desperation in New Zealand's gold rush.'What brings a fellow down here, you know, to the ends of the earth - what sparks a man?'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 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 patterned as the night sky.The Luminaries is an extraordinary piece of fiction, both a ghost story and a gripping mystery. Set amidst the promise, deceit and desperation of the mid-19th century goldrush, the lives of its rich, complex cast unspool through a labyrinthine, celestial pattern. Fiendishly clever, vividly rendered and made into a major BBC TV series, The Luminaries established Catton as one of the brightest stars in the firmament.'A book to curl up with and devour, intricately plotted and extravagantly described, a pastiche of the Victorian sensation novel in the same smart yet playful vein as Sarah Waters.' Guardian
Dimension: 198 x 129 (mm)
ISBN-13: 9781803510163
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