The Luminaries

Synopsis

Winner of the booker prize'a breathtakingly ambitious mystery. As beautiful as it is triumphant' daily mailan astonishing, epic story of promise, deceit and desperation in new zealand's gold rush. 'what brings a fellow down here, you know, to the ends of the earth - what sparks a man? 'it 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.