by Eleanor Catton · Granta · tapa blanda · ISBN 9781847084323
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In 1866, Walter Moody arrives in New Zealand seeking fortune in the goldfields. However, he becomes entangled in a series of unsolved crimes involving twelve local men. As Moody delves into the mystery, he uncovers a web of destinies and fortunes as intricate as the night sky. Winner of the Man Booker Prize in 2013, this historical novel will transport you to the era of the gold rush in New Zealand, with a complex plot and surprising revelations.
Eleanor Catton is a New Zealand novelist and screenwriter. Born in Canada, Catton moved to New Zealand as a child and grew up in Christchurch. She completed a master's degree in creative writing at the International Institute of Modern Letters. Her award-winning debut novel, The Rehearsal, written as her Master's thesis, was published in 2008, and has been adapted into a 2016 film of the same name. Her second novel, The Luminaries, won the 2013 Booker Prize, making Catton the youngest author ever to win the prize and only the second New Zealander. It was subsequently adapted into a television miniseries, with Catton as screenwriter. In 2023, she was named on the Granta Best of Young British Novelists list.
