Catton, Eleanor, 1985-

The luminaries / Eleanor Catton. - Wellington, NZ : Victoria University Press, 2013. - 828 pages : illustrations ; 25 cm

New Zealand Post Book Awards 2014 Fiction Finalist. New Zealand Post Book Award Fiction Winner 2014. New Zealand Post Book Award People's Choice Winner 2014.

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 as the night sky.

Man Booker Prize Winner 2013. Nielsen Booksellers' Choice Finalist New Zealand Post Book Awards 2014. Winner of the Man Booker Prize 2013.

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Immigrants--New Zealand--Fiction.
Prostitutes--Fiction.
Trials (Murder)--Fiction.


Hokitika (N.Z.)--Fiction.


New Zealand fiction--21st century.
Detective and mystery fiction
Historical fiction.