Book
The luminaries : a novel / Eleanor Catton.
Record details
- ISBN: 9780316074315 :
- ISBN: 0316074314
- ISBN: 9780316074315
- Physical Description: 834 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm
- Edition: First United States edition.
- Publisher: New York : Little, Brown, 2013.
Content descriptions
| General Note: | "Originally published in Great Britain by Granta Books, August 2013."--Verso of title page. |
| Summary, etc.: | Arriving in New Zealand in 1866 to seek his fortune in the goldfields, Walter Moody finds himself drawn into a series of unsolved crimes and complex mysteries. |
| Awards Note: | Man Booker Prize, 2013 |
Search for related items by subject
| Subject: | Immigrants > New Zealand > Fiction. Criminal investigation > New Zealand > Fiction. New Zealand > History > 1853-1876 > Fiction. New Zealand > Gold discoveries > Fiction. |
| Genre: | Suspense fiction. Historical fiction. |
Available copies
- 43 of 43 copies available at Bibliomation.
Holds
- 1 current hold with 43 total copies.
Other Formats and Editions
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| Location | Call Number / Copy Notes | Barcode | Shelving Location | Status | Due Date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ansonia Public Library | FIC CATTON, ELEANOR (Text) | 34045122861813 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Beardsley & Memorial Library - Winsted | FIC CATTON (Text) | 33750000048250 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bentley Memorial Library - Bolton | FIC Cat (Text) | 33160102455162 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Bethel Public Library | F CATTON (Text) | 34030128996417 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Booth & Dimock Library - Coventry | AF CAT (Text) | 33260000160417 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Brookfield Library | F/CATTON (Text) | 34029129626155 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Burnham Library - Bridgewater | FIC CATTON (Text) | 36937002131093 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Burroughs-Saden Main - Bridgeport | FIC CATTON (Text) | 34000080834336 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| C.H. Booth Library - Newtown | FIC CATTON (Text) | 34014129061686 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
| Canterbury Public Library | FIC CATTON (Text) | 33190000383158 | Adult Fiction | Available | - |
Electronic resources
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Summary
The Luminaries
The bestselling, Man Booker Prize-winning novel hailed as "a true achievement. Catton has built a lively parody of a 19th-century novel, and in so doing created a novel for the 21st, something utterly new. The pages fly."-New York Times Book Review 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, The Luminaries is at once a fiendishly clever ghost story, a gripping page-turner, and a thrilling novelistic achievement. It richly confirms that Eleanor Catton is one of the brightest stars in the international literary firmament.
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