The Luminaries (Paperback)

The bestselling, Man Booker Prize-winning novel hailed as "a true achievement. Catton has built a lively parody of a 19th-century novel, and in so doing created a novel for the 21st, something utterly new. The pages fly."--New York Times Book Review
It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to stake his claim in New Zealand's booming gold rush. On the stormy night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of 12 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 cache of gold has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into 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 at once a fiendishly clever ghost story, a gripping page-turner, and a thrilling novelistic achievement. It richly confirms that Eleanor Catton is one of the brightest stars in the international literary firmament.

General

Imprint:	Back Bay Books
Country of origin:	United States
Release date:	October 2014
First published:	October 2014
Authors:	Eleanor Catton
Dimensions:	233 x 150 x 36mm (L x W x T)
Format:	Paperback - Trade
Pages:	834
ISBN-13:	978-0-316-07429-2
Categories:	Books > Fiction > General & literary fiction > Modern fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Horror & ghost stories Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Historical fiction Books > Fiction > Special features > Classic fiction Books > Fiction > Genre fiction > Crime & mystery > Historical mysteries Promotions
LSN:	0-316-07429-2
Barcode:	9780316074292

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