{"product_id":"luminaries-book-eleanor-catton-9780316074292","title":"The Luminaries","description":"\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\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e It 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.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cbr\u003e Richly 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":"WoB","offers":[{"title":"US \/ GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49514985193745,"sku":"CIN0316074292G","price":4.98,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":49662279188753,"sku":"GOR007107598","price":12.69,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ WELL_READ \/ SBYB","offer_id":49856105971985,"sku":"CIN0316074292A","price":4.78,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"US \/ VERY_GOOD \/ SBYB","offer_id":49942732505361,"sku":"CIN0316074292VG","price":5.58,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false},{"title":"US \/ NEW \/ INGRAM","offer_id":51000947769617,"sku":"NIN9780316074292","price":21.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true},{"title":"GB \/ VERY_GOOD \/ INTERNAL","offer_id":52108994478353,"sku":"GOR008694324","price":12.39,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0784\/4072\/6801\/files\/0316074292.jpg?v=1751452043","url":"https:\/\/www.worldofbooks.com\/products\/luminaries-book-eleanor-catton-9780316074292","provider":"World of Books ","version":"1.0","type":"link"}