The Locale: Carmen'sThe Luminaries
Eleanor Catton
The Book: Winner of the 2013 Man Booker Prize and Canada's Governor General's Literary Award, a breathtaking feat of storytelling where everything is connected, but nothing is as it seems...
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 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 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. Richly evoking a mid-nineteenth-century world of shipping, banking, and gold rush boom and bust, The Luminaries 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.
(http://www.bookish.com/books/the-luminaries-eleanor-catton-9780316074315)
Summary: Missing a couple of members at the meeting. : ( But, we had a great book discussion. This book was very thick and convoluted, so it lent itself well to conversation. Most folks in attendance had made it through the tome. Thick plot, lots of characters. Easy to get it all confused. But, together, we seemed to figure out in the end. And there, of course, was yummy eats--including a pear gorgonzola salad and dump cake with ice cream. Thanks, Carmen!
The Vote: Brenda presented...
- Orphan Train by Christina Baker Kline WINS!!!
- War Brides by Helen Bryan
- The Bloodletter’s Daughter (A novel of old Bohemia) by Linda Lafferty
Up Next: The Orphan Master's Son by Adam Johnson will be discussed on March 30th at Susan S’s house.
Next to Present: Lori
Then:
Next to Present: Lori
Then:
- Sarah
- Susan H.
- Diana
- Tassy
- Yeline
- Carmen
- Brenda
- Lori
