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The Luminaries
Book • 2013
Set in 1866, 'The Luminaries' follows Walter Moody as he arrives in the New Zealand goldfields and becomes entangled in a mystery involving a series of unsolved crimes.
The novel richly evokes a world of goldrush boom and bust, with a complex and exquisitely patterned narrative that combines elements of a ghost story and a gripping mystery.
It is known for its masterful structuring and plotting, and its historical register is pitch-perfect.
The novel richly evokes a world of goldrush boom and bust, with a complex and exquisitely patterned narrative that combines elements of a ghost story and a gripping mystery.
It is known for its masterful structuring and plotting, and its historical register is pitch-perfect.
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as a book with a mathematical structure where each chapter is half the length of the previous one.

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as an example of a book with a mathematical structure where each chapter is half the length of the previous one.

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