Eleanor Catton quote

My second novel, 'The Luminaries,' is set in the New Zealand gold rushes of the 1860s, though it's not really a historical novel in the conventional sense. So far, I've been describing it as 'an astrological murder mystery.'
Eleanor Catton
Eleanor Catton
Eleanor Catton
Born: Sep 24, 1985

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