It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the West Coast goldfields of New Zealand. On the night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of 12 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 sum of money 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. In this breathtaking feat of storytelling - the winner of the Man Booker Prize - everything is connected, but nothing is as it seems.
Library Ebook
The Luminaries
Author | Eleanor Catton |
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Release | 11–1–2013 |
Audience | General content |
Publisher | Victoria University Press |
ISBN | 9780864739469 |
Subjects | Fiction, Literature, Historical Fiction |