The luminaries

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It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the West Coast goldfields. On the night of his 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 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…

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Full title :The luminaries / Eleanor Catton.

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Edition Statements

Publication Date:2013.

Publication Statements

Publisher(s):Little, Brown and Co
Place of Publication:New York, NY
Language:eng
Publication Date:2013.

The Physical Object

Description:830 pages : : illustrations ; : 25 cm

Edition Identifiers

ISBN:9780316074315, 0316074314
oclc:ocn868190382
LC Classification:PR9639.4.C39
Dewey Decimal:823.92

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