{"product_id":"the-luminaries-9780316074292-b","title":"The Luminaries","description":"\u003cp\u003e • Author(s): Eleanor Catton\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher: Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e • Publisher Imprint: Back Bay Books\u003cbr\u003e • BISAC: Literary\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.","brand":"Back Bay Books","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":45028482711703,"sku":"9780316074292","price":1766.0,"currency_code":"INR","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0666\/3471\/1191\/files\/9780316074292.webp?v=1767142141","url":"https:\/\/atlanticbooks.com\/products\/the-luminaries-9780316074292-b","provider":"Atlantic Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}