The luminaries /
Catton, Eleanor, 1985-
The luminaries / Eleanor Catton. - London : Granta, 2014. - 832 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Originally published: 2013.
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 Man Booker Prize 2013
9781847084323 (pbk.) : £9.99
New Zealand--History--1853-1876--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical.
The luminaries / Eleanor Catton. - London : Granta, 2014. - 832 pages : illustrations (black and white), map (black and white) ; 20 cm
Originally published: 2013.
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 Man Booker Prize 2013
9781847084323 (pbk.) : £9.99
New Zealand--History--1853-1876--Fiction.
Historical fiction.
Historical.
