{"product_id":"the-luminaries-by-eleanor-catton-9781783787265","title":"The Luminaries","description":"\u003cp\u003eWinner of the Booker Prize\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"A breathtakingly ambitious mystery ... as beautiful as it is triumphant\"  \n\u003cbr\u003eDaily Mail\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eAn astonishing, epic story of promise, deceit and desperation in New Zealand's gold rush.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003e\"What brings a fellow down here, you know, to the ends of the earth - what sparks a man?\"\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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 woman has tried to end her life, and an enormous fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\u003eMoody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely patterned as the night sky.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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 gold rush, the lives of its rich, complex cast unspool through a labyrinthine, celestial pattern. Fiendishly clever and vividly rendered, The Luminaries established Catton as one of the brightest stars in the firmament.\u003c\/p\u003e\n\n\u003cp\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\"  \n\u003cbr\u003eGuardian\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Eleanor Catton","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":57631225086325,"sku":"9781783787265","price":9.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0812\/4075\/2426\/files\/9781783787265.jpg?v=1791297479","url":"https:\/\/sherlockandpages.com\/products\/the-luminaries-by-eleanor-catton-9781783787265","provider":"Sherlock \u0026 Pages","version":"1.0","type":"link"}