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. The Luminaries is an extraordinary piece of fiction. It is full of narrative, linguistic and psychological pleasures and has a fiendishly clever and original structuring device. Written in pitch-perfect historical register, richly evoking a mid-19th century world of shipping and banking and goldrush boom and bust, it is also a ghost story and a gripping mystery. It is a thrilling achievement for someone still in her mid 20s and will confirm for critics and readers that Catton is one of the brightest stars in the international writing firmament.
About the Author
Eleanor Catton was born in 1985 in Canada and raised in New Zealand. Her debut novel The Rehearsal was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Dylan Thomas Prize and longlisted for the Orange Prize. The novel garnered prizes and acclaim around the world, including the 2009 Betty Trask Award. It has since been published in 17 territories and 12 languages. Eleanor Catton holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers Workshop, where she also held an adjunct professorship and an MA in fiction writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters.
| Publisher | Granta Publications |
| Publication Year | 2013 September |
| ISBN-13 | 9781847088765 |
| ISBN-10 | 1847088767 |
| Language | English |
| Binding | Paperback |
| Number of Pages | 848 Pages |
| Book Type | Fiction Book |
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