The Luminaries
It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. 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… Celý popis ↓
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The Luminaries
It is 1866, and Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. 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. On arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve local men, who have met in secret to discuss a series of unsolved crimes.
It is full of narrative, linguist The Luminaries is an extraordinary piece of fiction.
Parametre
- Autor
- Eleanor Catton
- Počet strán
- 832
- Rok vydania
- 2013
- Jazyk
- anglické