The luminaries: a novel
This novel is a murder mystery set in a remote gold-mining frontier town in 19th-century New Zealand. Arriving in New Zealand in 1866 a weary Englishman, Walter Moody, lands in a gold-mining frontier town on the coast of New Zealand to make his fortune and forever leave behind his family's shame. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men who have met in secret to investigate what links three crimes that occurred on a single day, events in which each man finds himself …
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- Full title :The luminaries : a novel / Eleanor Catton.
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This novel is a murder mystery set in a remote gold-mining frontier town in 19th-century New Zealand. Arriving in New Zealand in 1866 a weary Englishman, Walter Moody, lands in a gold-mining frontier town on the coast of New Zealand to make his fortune and forever leave behind his family's shame. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men who have met in secret to investigate what links three crimes that occurred on a single day, events in which each man finds himself implicated in some way. Moody finds himself drawn into a series of unsolved crimes and complex mysteries.
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- Publication Date:2013.
- Edition:First edition
Publication Statements
- Publisher(s):Little, Brown
- Place of Publication:New York
- Language:eng
- Publication Date:2013.
Notes
"Originally published in Great Britain by Granta Books, August 2013."--Verso of title page.
The Physical Object
- Description:864 p. ; : 25 cm.
Edition Identifiers
- ISBN:9780316074315, 0316074314
- oclc:on1261331593
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