Eleanor Catton

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• Birnam Wood

  Written in English

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  NZ Book Awards 2024 · Shortlist

  Birnam Wood

  Birnam Wood

  Eleanor Catton · 38 when first published

  Novel · 424 pages · Crime, Politics, Nature

  AIAI-generated summary:When a landslide cuts off a South Island town and leaves a farm empty, a guerrilla gardening collective led by Mira Bunting sees its chance, but an American billionaire has his own plans for the land.

• The Luminaries

  Written in English

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  NZ Book Awards 2014 · ★ Winner

  The Luminaries

  The Luminaries

  Eleanor Catton · 28 when first published

  Novel · 834 pages · Historical, Crime

  AIAI-generated summary:In 1866 Walter Moody arrives on the New Zealand goldfields to make his fortune and stumbles on a secret meeting of twelve local men who have gathered to discuss a string of unsolved crimes.

  Also: Booker 2013 ★ winner

• The Rehearsal

  Written in English

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  NZ Book Awards 2009 · Shortlist

  The Rehearsal

  The Rehearsal

  Eleanor Catton · 23 when first published

  Novel · 316 pages · Coming of age

  AIAI-generated summary:A music teacher's affair with a pupil shakes a high school; the girls in her class and her younger sister begin to sense their own power, while first-year drama students decide to stage the scandal.