Luminaries

It is 1866, and young Walter Moody has come to make his fortune upon the New Zealand goldfields. On the stormy night of his arrival, he stumbles across a tense gathering of twelve 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 fortune has been discovered in the home of a luckless drunk. Moody is soon drawn into the mystery: a network of fates and fortunes that is as complex and exquisitely ornate as the night sky.

Richly evoking a mid-nineteenth-century world of shipping, banking, and gold rush boom and bus, The Luminaries is a brilliantly constructed, fiendishly clever ghost story and a gripping page-turner.

Este anul 1866, iar tanarul Walter Moody a venit sa-si faca averea pe campurile aurii din Noua Zeelanda. In noaptea furtunoasa a sosirii sale, el da peste o adunare tensionata de doisprezece barbati locali care s-au intalnit in secret pentru a discuta despre o serie de evenimente inexplicabile: un om bogat a disparut, o prostituata a incercat sa puna capat vietii ei si o avere enorma a fost descoperit in casa unui betiv nefericit.