The luminaries: a novel
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New York : Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Physical Desc:
834, 14 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
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3 copies, 1 person is on the wait list.
6 copies on order.
6 copies on order.
Description
The winner of the Man Booker Prize, this "expertly written, perfectly constructed" bestseller (The Guardian) is now a Starz miniseries.
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.
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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Sacramento Public Library On Order
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Colusa Main Branch Adult Collection
Fic
Due Aug 2, 2024
Folsom Adult
FICTION Catton, E.
Due Jul 31, 2024
Sutter County Main Branch
FICTION Catton, E.
Due Jul 26, 2024
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Format:
Book
Edition:
First Back Bay paperback edition.
Language:
English
ISBN:
9780316074292, 0316074292, 9780316074315, 0316074314
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APA Citation (style guide)
Catton, E. (2014). The luminaries: a novel. First Back Bay paperback edition. New York, Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Author Date Citation (style guide)Catton, Eleanor, 1985-. 2014. The Luminaries: A Novel. New York, Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Company.
Chicago / Turabian - Humanities Citation (style guide)Catton, Eleanor, 1985-, The Luminaries: A Novel. New York, Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
MLA Citation (style guide)Catton, Eleanor. The Luminaries: A Novel. First Back Bay paperback edition. New York, Back Bay Books, Little, Brown and Company, 2014.
Note! Citation formats are based on standards as of July 2022. Citations contain only title, author, edition, publisher, and year published. Citations should be used as a guideline and should be double checked for accuracy.
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