The luminaries: a novel

by Catton, Eleanor

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Title Statements

Full title :The luminaries : a novel / Eleanor Catton.

Summary

"It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to stake his claim in New Zealand's booming gold rush. On the stormy night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of 12 local men who have met in secret to discuss a series of unexplained events: a wealthy man has vanished, a prostitute has tried to end her life, and an enormous cache of gold has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely ornate as the night sky. Richly evoking a mid-nineteenth-century world of shipping, banking, and gold rush boom and bust, [this] is at once a fiendishly clever ghost story, a gripping page-turner, and a thrilling novelistic achievement."--Page 4 of cover.

Edition Statements

Publication Date:©2013
Edition:First Back Bay paperback edition

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Back Bay Books/Little, Brown and Company
Place of Publication:New York
Language:eng
Publication Date:©2013

Notes

"First published in hardcover in the United States by Little, Brown and Company, October 2013. First Back Bay paperback edition, October 2014. Originally published in Great Britain by Granta Books, August 2013"--Title page verso.

"A New York Times notable book of the year" --Cover.

The Physical Object

Description:830 pages : : illustrations, map ; : 24 cm.

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:0316074292, 9780316074292
oclc:ocn870199579
LC Classification:PR9639.4.C39
Dewey Decimal:823/.92

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Subjects

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