{"product_id":"the-luminaries-paperback","title":"The Luminaries - Paperback","description":"\u003cp\u003eby \u003cb\u003eEleanor Catton\u003c\/b\u003e (Author)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe winner of the Man Booker Prize, this \"expertly written, perfectly constructed\" bestseller (\u003ci\u003eThe Guardian\u003c\/i\u003e) is now a Starz miniseries. \u003ci\u003e \u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eIt 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. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eRichly evoking a mid-nineteenth-century world of shipping, banking, and gold rush boom and bust, \u003ci\u003eThe Luminaries\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003ch3\u003eAuthor Biography\u003c\/h3\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eEleanor Catton\u003c\/b\u003e was awarded the 2013 Man Booker Prize for \u003ci\u003eThe Luminaries\u003c\/i\u003e. Her first novel, \u003ci\u003eThe Rehearsal\u003c\/i\u003e, won the 2009 Betty Trask Award and the Adam Prize in Creative Writing, and was long-listed for the Orange Prize and short-listed for the Dylan Thomas Prize. She holds an MFA from the Iowa Writers' Workshop and an MA in fiction writing from the International Institute of Modern Letters. Born in Canada, Catton was raised in New Zealand, where she now lives.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eNumber of Pages:\u003c\/strong\u003e 864\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003eDimensions:\u003c\/strong\u003e 1.47 x 9.3 x 6.06 IN\u003c\/div\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e\n\u003cstrong\u003ePublication Date:\u003c\/strong\u003e October 07, 2014\u003c\/div\u003e","brand":"Books by splitShops","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42724208279615,"sku":"9780316074292","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0105\/8226\/1823\/files\/19f300abe5779b30da159e145f7e7825.webp?v=1765101881","url":"https:\/\/dhl-adrianne.myshopify.com\/products\/the-luminaries-paperback","provider":"BBB","version":"1.0","type":"link"}