{"product_id":"9781803510163-retail-the-luminaries","title":"The Luminaries","description":"\u003cp\u003eWINNER OF THE BOOKER PRIZE\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A breathtakingly ambitious mystery ... as beautiful as it is triumphant.' - \u003ci\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAn astonishing, epic story of promise, deceit and desperation in New Zealand's gold rush.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'What brings a fellow down here, you know, to the ends of the earth - what sparks a man?'\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt 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 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 patterned as the night sky.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe Luminaries is an extraordinary piece of fiction, both a ghost story and a gripping mystery. Set amidst the promise, deceit and desperation of the mid-19th century goldrush, the lives of its rich, complex cast unspool through a labyrinthine, celestial pattern. Fiendishly clever, vividly rendered and made into a major BBC TV series, The Luminaries established Catton as one of the brightest stars in the firmament.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e'A book to curl up with and devour, intricately plotted and extravagantly described, a pastiche of the Victorian sensation novel in the same smart yet playful vein as Sarah Waters.' - \u003ci\u003eGuardian\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eELEANOR CATTON is the author of The Luminaries, winner of the Man Booker Prize and the Governor General's Literary Award and an international bestseller. Her debut novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Rehearsal,\u003c\/i\u003e won a Betty Trask Award, was shortlisted for the Guardian First Book Award and the Dylan Thomas Prize, and longlisted for the Orange Prize. As a screenwriter, she adapted \u003ci\u003eThe Luminaries\u003c\/i\u003e for television, and Jane Austen's Emma for feature film. Her third novel, \u003ci\u003eBirnam Wood\u003c\/i\u003e, was published in 2023. Born in 1985 in Canada and raised in New Zealand, she now lives in Cambridge, England.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Book Grocer","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46518346088667,"sku":"9781803510163-RETAIL","price":19.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0523\/7646\/9701\/files\/7d28840c46ce49feaa3946e27a88197d.png?v=1740104292","url":"https:\/\/bookgrocer.com\/products\/9781803510163-retail-the-luminaries","provider":"Book Grocer","version":"1.0","type":"link"}