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It is 1866, and young Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On the stormy night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve 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 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 ornate as the night sky. Richly evoking a mid-nineteenth-century world of shipping, banking, and gold rush boom and bus, The Luminaries is a brilliantly constructed, fiendishly clever ghost story and a gripping page-turner.
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- Language
- Released
- 2016
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- Book condition
- Very Good
- Price
- €2.49
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- Language
- Dutch
- Authors
- Eleanor Catton
- Publisher
- AmboAnthos
- Released
- 2016
- Format
- Paperback
- Pages
- 830
- ISBN10
- 9026335474
- ISBN13
- 9789026335471
- Series
- Tags
- Fiction, Religion & Spirituality, Historical Fiction, Love, Contemporary Fiction, New Age & Spirituality, 19th century, Astrology, Frauds, Horoscopes, Adapted into Series, Stars, Planets, Constellations, New Zealand, Gold, Booker Prize, Gold Rush, Gold Mining, New Zealand Literature
- First published
- 2013
- Original title
- The Luminaries
- Rating
- 3.75 out of 5
- Description
- It is 1866, and young Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On the stormy night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve 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 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 ornate as the night sky. Richly evoking a mid-nineteenth-century world of shipping, banking, and gold rush boom and bus, The Luminaries is a brilliantly constructed, fiendishly clever ghost story and a gripping page-turner.