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The Luminaries
Eleanor Catton
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Description for The Luminaries
Paperback. The astonishing and epic novel that won the 2013 Man Booker Prize Num Pages: 848 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: FFH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 52. Weight in Grams: 586.
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 ... Read more
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 ... Read more
Product Details
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Granta Books
Condition
New
Number of Pages
848
Place of Publication
London, United Kingdom
ISBN
9781847084323
SKU
V9781847084323
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Ref
99-10
About Eleanor Catton
ELEANOR CATTON was born in 1985 in Canada and raised in New Zealand. Her debut novel The Rehearsal garnered prizes and acclaim around the world, including the 2009 Betty Trask Award. It has since been published in 17 territories and 12 languages. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop, where she also held an adjunct professorship, and an ... Read more
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