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Feb 09, 2016bookwormjeph rated this title 3.5 out of 5 stars
A great read though I did find it lost some momentum in the middle of it's more than 800 pages. A rollicking story set in Hokitika in the height of the gold rush. A complex cast of characters and the inter-relationships between them all is written with humour, pithiness and at times sadness and disappointment. Beautifully written and well deserving of it's award to Eleanor Catton.