4.1
The Luminaries
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.
Literature & FictionGenre FictionHistoricalContemporary
RELEASED2014
PUBLISHERGranta
LENGTH832
LANGUAGEEN
Eleanor Catton MNZM (born 1985) is a New Zealand novelist and screenwriter. Her second novel, *The Luminaries*, won the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Man_Booker_Prize">2013 Man Booker Prize</a>.
4.1
The Luminaries
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.
Literature & FictionGenre FictionHistoricalContemporary
RELEASED2014
PUBLISHERGranta
LENGTH832
LANGUAGEEN
Eleanor Catton MNZM (born 1985) is a New Zealand novelist and screenwriter. Her second novel, *The Luminaries*, won the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2013_Man_Booker_Prize">2013 Man Booker Prize</a>.
